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diff --git a/10011-0.txt b/10011-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a590446 --- /dev/null +++ b/10011-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3461 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10011 *** + +365 FOREIGN DISHES + + +A Foreign Dish for every day in the year + + +1908 + + + + +_JANUARY._ + + +1.--Austrian Goulasch. + +Boil 2 calves' heads in salted water until tender; then cut the meat +from the bone. Fry 1 dozen small peeled onions and 3 potatoes, cut +into dice pieces; stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour and the sauce in +which the meat was cooked. Let boil up, add the sliced meat, 1 +teaspoonful of paprica and salt to taste; let all cook together +fifteen minutes then serve very hot. + + +2.--East India Fish. + +Slice 1/2 pound of cooked salmon; then heat 1 ounce of butter in a +stew-pan; add 2 small onions chopped fine, 1 ounce of cocoanut, 2 +hard-boiled eggs chopped. Let cook a few minutes, then add 1 pint of +milk; let boil up once. Add the fish, 1 teaspoonful of curry paste, 1 +teaspoonful of paprica and salt to taste. Let cook a few minutes, then +stir in 1 large tablespoonful of boiled rice. Serve very hot +with toast. + + +3.--English Gems. + +Cream 1 cup of butter with 2 cups of brown sugar; add 4 beaten eggs, 1 +teaspoonful of soda dissolved in 1 large cup of strong coffee, 1 cup +of molasses, 4 cups of sifted flour, 1/2 teaspoonful each of nutmeg, +allspice, cloves and mace, 2 teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar sifted +with 1/2 cup of flour, 1 cup of raisins, 1/2 cup of currants and +chopped citron. Mix well and fill buttered gem pans 1/2 full and bake +until done. Then cover with chocolate icing. + + +4.--Turkish Pudding. + +Dissolve 1/2 box of gelatin; chop 1/4 pound of dates and mix with 2 +ounces of boiled rice, 1/2 cup of pulverized sugar and 1 teaspoonful +of vanilla; then mix the gelatin with 1 pint of whipped cream. Mix all +well together and turn into a mold and stand on ice until cold. +Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Serve with whipped cream. + + +5.--Chinese Chicken. + +Cut a fat chicken into pieces at the joints; season with all kinds of +condiments; then put in a deep saucepan. Add some chopped ham, a few +sliced bamboo sprouts, 1 chopped onion and a handful of walnuts. Cover +with hot water and let stew slowly until tender. Add some Chinese +sauce and parsley. Serve with shredded pineapple. + + +6.--Scotch Scones. + +Sift 1-1/2 pints of flour; add a pinch of salt, 1 teaspoonful of soda +mixed with 1 pint of sour milk. Mix to a soft dough. Lay on a +well-floured baking-board and roll 1 inch thick. Cut with a round +cake-cutter and bake on a hot greased griddle until brown on both +sides. Serve hot with butter. + + +7.--Egyptian Meat Balls. + +Chop 1 pound of raw beef; season with salt, pepper and 1 teaspoonful +of curry-powder; add 2 stalks of chopped celery, 1 small onion and +some chopped parsley. Mix with 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup of +bread-crumbs, and make into small balls. Let cook in hot butter until +tender. Serve on a border of boiled rice and pour over all a highly +seasoned tomato-sauce. + + +8.--Austrian Potato Dumplings. + +Peel 5 potatoes and boil whole in salted water until tender. Drain, +let get cold, then grate them and mix with 4 eggs and 1 ounce of +butter; add salt to taste. Mix well; add flour enough to form into +dumplings and fry in deep hot lard until brown. Serve hot with +cooked fruit. + + +9.--Belgian Rice Dessert. + +Cook 1 pint of milk; add 1/2 cup of boiled rice and some currants; +stir in the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten with 2 tablespoonfuls of +sugar. Remove from the fire. Add 1 teaspoonful of vanilla; then form +into cylinders. Dip in beaten egg and fine bread-crumbs and fry a +golden brown. Sprinkle with pulverized sugar and put some red currant +jelly on top and serve. + + +10.--Bavarian Pear Pudding. + +Soak 1/2 loaf of bread and press dry. Mix with 1/2 pound of chopped +suet; add a teaspoonful of salt, 1 cup of sugar, 2 eggs and the grated +peel of a lemon, a pinch of cinnamon, cloves and allspice. Add some +sifted flour; mix well, and form into a large ball. Then peel 1 quart +of pears. Cut in half, and lay in a large saucepan a layer of pears; +sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and grated lemon peel. Lay in the +pudding; cover with a layer of pears and pour over all 3 +tablespoonfuls of syrup. Fill with cold water and boil half an hour; +then bake three hours and serve hot. + + +11.--French Pineapple Bisque. + +Beat the yolks of 4 eggs with 1 cup of pulverized sugar; add 1 pint of +cream; stir well until very light. Then add 1 small can of shredded +pineapple and crush a few macaroons. Mix well with a small glass of +brandy. Let freeze and serve in small glasses. + + +12.--Russian Pancakes. + +Make a pancake batter and fry in thin cakes. Then spread them with a +layer of anchovies, butter and a layer of caviare. Sprinkle with +minced shallots, cayenne pepper and lemon-juice. Roll up and serve hot +as possible. + + +13.--Egyptian Cabbage. + +Parboil a cabbage in salted water; drain and stuff with chopped cooked +mutton. Mix with chopped ham, 1 onion and 2 sprigs of parsley chopped +fine. Add 1/2 cup of cooked rice, salt and pepper to taste. Place in a +buttered baking-dish; sprinkle with bits of butter; add the juice of a +lemon, and let bake in a moderate oven until done. Baste often with +butter and serve hot. + + +14.--Madras Baked Fish. + +Season a fish with salt, pepper, some grated green ginger and +curry-powder. Place in a baking-pan with 1 sliced onion, 2 chopped +green peppers and 1 sprig of parsley. Pour over some water and hot +melted butter; sprinkle with flour and bake until done. Garnish with +sliced lemon and parsley. + + +15.--Norwegian Salad. + +Cut some pickled herring into pieces and mix with flaked lax, 2 peeled +apples and 2 boiled potatoes. Cut into dice pieces; add some chopped +shallots and gherkins; sprinkle with finely minced tarragon and +chervil, salt and pepper. Cover with a plain salad dressing. + + +16.--Dutch Eggs. + +Heat some butter in a pan; then break in as many eggs as needed and +fry them; add some sliced onions. Remove the eggs to a platter; +arrange the onions on the eggs; sprinkle with salt and red pepper and +pour over some lemon-juice. Serve as hot as possible on toast. + + +17.--Bavarian Wine Soup. + +Mix 3 pints of red wine with 1 pint of water. Add sugar, nutmeg and +cinnamon to taste and the grated peel of half a lemon. Let come to a +boil; then stir in the yolks of 2 well-beaten eggs. Do not boil again. +Serve hot with biscuits. + + +18.--English Stuffed Goose. + +Season a fat goose with salt and pepper, and rub well with vinegar. +Then core small apples and fill the goose with the whole apples. Put +in the baking-pan, sprinkle with flour; pour over 1 cup of hot water; +add a lump of butter and bake until done. Baste often with the sauce +in the pan. Serve the goose with the whole apples. + + +19.--Vienna Peach Torte. + +Make a rich pie-dough; then line a pie-dish with the dough. Pare and +remove the stones from the peaches and cut into quarters. Lay closely +on the pie; sprinkle with brown sugar and moisten with wine. Bake in a +moderate oven until done. Then spread with a meringue and let brown in +the oven a few minutes. + + +20.--Egyptian Meat-Pie. + +Line a large baking-dish with pie-dough. Have ready 1/2 pound of +calf's liver chopped, and 1/2 pound of fresh pork chopped fine. Season +highly and mix with 1/2 cup of butter, 2 green peppers, 1 onion +chopped and 1/2 can of chopped mushrooms. Moisten with a glass of +sherry. Fill the dish with the mixture and cover with the dough. Let +bake until done and serve hot. + + +21.--Russian Boiled Fish. + +Clean and season a whole fish and let boil with 1 sliced onion, 1/2 +cup of vinegar, a few slices of lemon and 2 sprigs of parsley. Add a +tablespoonful of butter and let cook until tender. Remove the fish to +a platter; mix the sauce with 1 tablespoonful of brown sugar, a pinch +of ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg and the juice of a lemon. Let boil +well; then thicken with the yolks of 2 beaten eggs and pour over the +fish. Serve cold. Garnish with lemon-slices and olives. + + +22.--Spanish Cake. + +Beat 1 pound of butter with 1 pound of sugar to a cream. Add the yolks +of 8 eggs well beaten. Sift 1 pound of flour with 2 teaspoonfuls of +baking-powder and stir together with 1 cup of milk. Add the whites of +eggs, beaten to a stiff froth with a pinch of salt. Flavor with +rose-water. Bake in a moderate oven until done. + + +23.--Vienna Stewed Carrots. + +Peel some carrots and cut in small pieces. Boil in salted water until +tender; drain. Brown 1 tablespoonful of flour in 2 tablespoonfuls of +butter; add 1/2 cup of the water in which the carrots were cooked, 2 +tablespoonfuls of vinegar and a little sugar. Let all boil; then add +the carrots and 1 cup of cooked peas, some chopped parsley and a pinch +of pepper. Simmer ten minutes and serve hot. + + +24.--Russian Fish-Roll. + +Chop some cooked trout and white fish, and mix with 1/2 cup of boiled +rice. Season with salt, pepper and all kinds of herbs minced fine. +Then make a rich pie-paste and roll out very thin. Fill with the +mixture and make into a roll. Sprinkle with bits of butter and let +bake until brown. Serve hot with wine-sauce. + + +25.--India Curried Eggs. + +Cut hard-boiled eggs in halves; then fry 1 small chopped onion and 1 +chopped apple in hot butter; add 1/4 cup of pounded almonds and 1 pint +of milk, mixed with 1/2 tablespoonful of cornstarch. Season with salt +and a dessertspoonful of curry-powder. Let cook ten minutes; then add +the eggs. Let all get very hot. Serve with croutons; garnish with +fried parsley. + + +26.--Codfish a la Lyonnaise. + +Cut cold boiled codfish in pieces; then boil 8 small onions until +soft; heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Add the boiled onions, 2 small +cold sliced potatoes, the codfish and 1 cup of milk; sprinkle with +pepper. Cover and simmer ten minutes and serve hot. + + +27.--Jewish Crebchen Soup. + +Beat 3 eggs with 2 tablespoonfuls of water and a pinch of salt; then +add enough flour to make a stiff dough. Work it well with flour and +roll out as thin as possible; fold it double and cut into square +pieces and fill with minced cooked chicken or veal. Sprinkle with +chopped parsley and bits of butter; fold in the edges. Have ready some +soup stock; when boiling, add the crebchen and let boil until done. +Serve with the soup. + + +28.--French Veal Soufflé. + +Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Mix with 2 tablespoonfuls of flour +until smooth; add 1 cup of milk; let boil up. Then add 1 cup of minced +veal, some parsley, salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. Stir in the +yolks of 2 eggs. Remove from the fire; let cool. Beat the whites to a +stiff froth; add to the meat. Put in a buttered baking-dish and bake +twenty minutes. Serve at once. + + +29.--Belgian Potato Salad. + +Slice cold boiled potatoes very thin and mix with chopped celery and +onion; season with salt and pepper. Then mix the yolks of 2 +hard-boiled eggs with 1 tablespoonful of olive-oil. Add to the salad +with 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Sprinkle with chopped parsley +and serve. + + +30.--Polish Stewed Tongue. + +Cook a fresh tongue until tender; skin and slice thin. Put a large +spoonful of butter in a saucepan; add a chopped onion; let brown. Then +stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour; add 2 cups of the water in which the +tongue was cooked, a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon. Let boil with the +juice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar and 1 tablespoonful of +sugar. Add the sliced tongue and simmer ten minutes. Serve hot +or cold. + + +31.--Rissotto (ITALIAN). + +Boil 1 cup of rice in salted water until soft; drain. Then grate +Parmesan cheese and cover the rice with cheese. Let steam in the oven +a few minutes; then pour over some highly seasoned tomato-sauce, and +serve hot with fried veal chops. + + + + +_FEBRUARY._ + + +1.--Oriental Canapes. + +Take some lobster or crab-meat and pound in a mortar. Mix with 1 +tablespoonful of butter; season with salt and pepper, a pinch each of +mustard, cayenne, nutmeg and curry-powder and moisten with +lemon-juice. Cut small rounds of toasted bread; scoop out some of the +centre; fill with the mixture and cover with a curry sauce. Sprinkle +with fine bread-crumbs and let bake in the oven a few minutes. +Serve hot. + + +2.--Haggis (SCOTCH). + +Chop a sheep's tongue, liver and heart and 1 pound of bacon. Add 2 +large chopped onions; season with 1/4 teaspoonful of red pepper and 1 +teaspoonful of mixed herbs and salt to taste. Mix with 1 pint of +toasted oatmeal, 2 beaten eggs and the grated rind and juice of a +lemon. Then clean the pouch of the sheep and fill with the mixture. +Lay in boiling water and let boil three hours. Serve with apple-sauce. + + +3.--Austrian Braised Tongue. + +Boil a large fresh beef tongue in salted water until tender. Remove +the tongue and lard it with thin strips of bacon; sprinkle with +paprica; lay in a baking-pan; add 1 onion sliced thin and 1 cup of the +water in which the tongue was cooked and pour over 1 pint of cream. +Let bake in a moderate oven. Baste often with the sauce. Serve hot, +and pour over the sauce; garnish with parsley. + + +4.--Russian Omelet. + +Chop 2 shallots with a little parsley and cook in hot water. Add 2 +tablespoonfuls of caviare and a teaspoonful of lemon-juice; season to +taste. Beat 4 eggs with 1 tablespoonful of cream, salt and pepper, and +fry in an omelet-pan with hot butter until done. Put the mixture in +the centre; turn in the ends and serve at once. + + +5.--Madras Potato Curry. + +Cut boiled potatoes into thin slices; then fry 1 chopped onion in 2 +tablespoonfuls of butter. Add 3 ounces of grated cocoanut, 1 +teaspoonful of curry-powder and 1 cup of milk, salt and cayenne pepper +to taste. Let boil up. Add the sliced potatoes and a sprig of parsley +chopped. Let simmer a few minutes and serve hot. + + +6.--Swiss Baked Eggs. + +Melt 1 ounce of butter in a baking-pan; then cover the bottom of the +pan with thin slices of Swiss cheese. Break in 6 eggs; sprinkle with +salt and pepper. Pour over 4 tablespoonfuls of cream; sprinkle with +grated Swiss cheese, and let bake in the oven to a delicate brown. +Serve hot. + + +7.--Jewish Stewed Shad. + +Clean and cut a shad into large slices; sprinkle with salt, pepper and +ginger. Put on to boil with 1 sliced onion, 1 bay-leaf, a few cloves, +2 sprigs of parsley and 1/2 cup of vinegar. When done, remove the fish +to a platter; add 1/2 cup of raisins, 1 tablespoonful of butter, 1/2 +cup of pounded almonds, 1 glass of wine, 1 tablespoonful of brown +sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. Let boil until done and pour over the +fish. Garnish with sliced lemon and sprigs of parsley and serve cold. + + +8.--Bombay Spinach. + +Boil the spinach in salted water until tender; drain and chop fine. +Fry 1 chopped onion in 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add the chopped +spinach, a pinch of pepper and curry-powder. Cover and let simmer five +minutes. Serve on a platter with stewed prawns and garnish +with croutons. + + +9.--Spanish Fricasseed Shrimps. + +Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1 onion chopped and 2 cups of +tomatoes. Let fry; then stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour; add 1/2 cup +of water; let boil; add 1 quart of shrimps, salt, pepper and parsley. +Let all cook twenty minutes. Stir in the yolk of an egg. Remove from +the fire. Put some boiled rice on a platter; add the shrimps and pour +over the sauce. Serve very hot. + + +10.--Irish Baked Potatoes. + +Peel and boil potatoes in salted water until tender; drain and mash +with a lump of butter. Put in a well-buttered baking-dish a layer of +the potatoes and a layer of fried bread-crumbs until dish is full. +Moisten with beaten eggs, well seasoned with salt and pepper, and 3 +tablespoonfuls of milk. Put in the oven to brown. Serve with +boiled fish. + + +11.--Russian Stewed Chicken. + +Cut a fat chicken into pieces at the joints and let stew, well +seasoned with salt and pepper. Then add some small whole onions, some +cauliflower, mushrooms and 1 cup of French peas. Let all cook until +tender; then serve hot on a large platter. + + +12.--Dutch Baked Mackerel. + +Place the mackerel in a baking-dish; sprinkle with pepper and chopped +parsley. Cover with fried bread-crumbs and bits of butter, and moisten +with cream. Then bake until brown on top and serve hot with +stewed potatoes. + + +13.--Polish Roast Mutton. + +Season a leg of mutton with salt, pepper and a pinch of cloves. Lay in +a baking-pan with 1 sliced onion, 2 celery roots, 3 cloves of garlic +and 2 carrots cut fine, 1 bay-leaf, a sprig of thyme and a few +peppercorns. Pour over 1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of hot water. Dredge +with flour and let bake in a hot oven. Baste often with the sauce in +the pan until nearly done; then add 1 pint of sour cream and let bake +until done. Thicken with flour; boil up and pour over the roast. + + +14.--Italian Sugar Cakes. + +Beat 1-1/2 pounds of sugar and 1/2 pound of butter to a cream; add 4 +yolks of eggs, a pinch of salt and nutmeg. Stir in 1/2 pound of flour, +4 ounces of currants, 2 ounces of chopped almonds, 1 tablespoonful of +citron and candied orange peel chopped fine. Add the whites beaten +stiff and bake in small well-buttered cake-tins until done; then cover +with a thin icing. + + +15.--Oriental Stewed Prawns. + +Clean and pick 3 dozen prawns. Heat some dripping in a large saucepan; +add the prawns, 1 chopped onion, salt, pepper and 1 teaspoonful of +curry-powder. Add 1 pint of stock and let simmer half an hour until +tender. Serve on a border of boiled rice; garnish with fried parsley. + + +16.--Swiss Steak. + +Season a round steak with salt, black pepper and paprica; dredge with +flour and let fry in hot lard on both sides until brown. Then add some +sliced onions and moisten well with tomato-sauce. Cover and let simmer +half an hour. Serve hot on a platter with mashed potatoes. + + +17.--Berlin Herring Salad. + +Soak the herring over night; remove the milch and mash fine. Cut off +the head, skin and bone; chop the herring; add chopped apples, +pickles, potatoes, olives and capers. Put in the salad bowl; then add +the yolk of a hard-boiled egg to the mashed milch, mustard, 1 +teaspoonful of sugar mixed with 1/4 cup of vinegar and a little +lemon-juice, salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the salad and +garnish with olives and sliced lemon. + + +18.--German Lentil Soup. + +To 1 gallon of soup stock, add 1 quart of lentils. Let boil until +lentils are soft, with 1 sliced onion. Then add some small sausages. +Let boil five minutes. Season to taste and serve the soup with the +sausages and croutons fried in butter. + + +19.--French Spiced Venison. + +Rub the venison with salt, pepper, vinegar, cloves and allspice; then +put in a baking-pan. Pour over a cup of melted butter; add 1 onion +sliced, some thyme, parsley, the juice of a lemon, and a cup of hot +water. Let bake, covered, in a hot oven. Baste often with the sauce +when nearly done. Sprinkle with flour; add a glass of sherry and let +brown. Serve with celery and currant jelly. + + +20.--Spanish Mushrooms. + +Drain 1 can of mushrooms and heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Add 6 +shallots and 1 clove of garlic chopped fine, some parsley and thyme +and the mushrooms. Let all fry a few minutes; then add the mushroom +liquor and 2 tablespoonfuls of white wine, salt and pepper to taste. +Let simmer five minutes and serve hot on slices of toast. + + +21.--Vienna Noodle Pudding. + +Boil some fine noodles in salted water for ten minutes; let drain. +Beat the yolks of 5 eggs with 1 cup of pulverized sugar and mix with +the noodles. Add 1/2 cup of raisins, 1/2 cup of pounded almonds, a +pinch of cinnamon and the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth. Put in +a well-buttered pudding-dish and bake until brown. Serve hot with +lemon sauce. + + +22.--Dutch Sweet Potato Puff. + +Peel and boil 3 sweet potatoes in salted water until tender; then mash +well with 3 beaten yolks of eggs, 1 cup of milk, 3 tablespoonfuls of +butter, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, a pinch of nutmeg and lemon-juice. +Beat the whites with a pinch of salt to a stiff froth; add to the +potatoes and put in a well buttered baking-dish and bake. Serve hot. + + +23.--Spaghetti (ITALIAN). + +Boil 1/2 pound of spaghetti until tender. Drain. Heat 1 tablespoonful +of butter, stir in 1/2 pound of grated cheese, salt and pepper. Then +add 1 cup of milk; let boil and pour over the spaghetti. Sprinkle with +salt, pepper and grated cheese and let bake in the oven until done. +Serve hot. + + +24.--Russian Beet Soup. + +Boil 5 medium-sized beets until tender; then chop and add to a highly +seasoned chicken broth. Add the juice of 1 lemon, some cinnamon and +nutmeg; let boil fifteen minutes. Then add 1 glass of red wine, mixed +with a teaspoonful of brown sugar. Let boil a few minutes longer and +serve with fried croutons. + + +25.--Boulettes. + +Chop and mince 1 pound of round steak, 1 onion and 2 sprigs of +parsley. Add 1 tablespoonful of lemon-juice, 2 tablespoonfuls of +melted butter. Season highly with salt, black pepper and a pinch of +cayenne. Mix with 1 egg and form into balls; roll in flour and fry in +deep hot lard until brown. Serve hot with tomato-sauce. + + +26.--Baden Stewed Lentils. + +Boil 1 quart of lentils until tender; then heat 2 tablespoonfuls of +butter. Add 1 chopped onion and stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until +brown; add some cold water mixed with vinegar. Let boil and pour the +sauce over the lentils. Season with salt and pepper, and serve with +small boiled sausages. Sprinkle the top with bread-crumbs fried in +butter until brown. + + +27.--Duck aux Champignons. + +Clean and season a pair of wild ducks and cut into pieces at the +joints. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan; add the ducks, +1 large onion chopped fine, 2 cloves of garlic and 1 herb bouquet +chopped. Cover and brown a few minutes; add 1 cup of water and stew +until tender. Then add 1/2 can of mushrooms and 1 glass of claret and +let simmer until done. + + +28.--Hungarian Beef Stew. + +Cut beef into small pieces. Heat some dripping in a saucepan; add the +meat, salt and black pepper; cover and let stew half an hour. Then add +3 potatoes cut into dice pieces, 1 onion sliced thin, 1 cup of hot +water, and 1/2 teaspoonful of paprica. Let all cook until tender. Then +add some chopped parsley and thicken the sauce with flour, mixed in +1/2 cup of milk. Let cook a few minutes and serve hot. + + + + +_MARCH._ + + +1.--Chicken Chop Suey (CHINESE). + +Cut all the meat of a chicken into thin strips; season with black +pepper, and cayenne, and fry in hot lard. Add some ham, onion, celery, +green bean sprouts and mushrooms cut fine. Moisten with 1/2 cup of +stock. Add 1/4 cup of Chinese sauce; cover and let simmer until +tender. Thicken the sauce with flour; add 2 tablespoonfuls of cream +and chopped parsley. Serve hot on a platter with boiled rice. + + +2.--Jewish Shallét. + +Line a well-buttered pudding-dish with a rich pie-paste and cover with +a layer of sliced apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon, grated lemon peel +and small bits of butter, and moisten with white wine; then cover with +a layer of the paste and fill with another layer of apples, nuts and +raisins, a tablespoonful of syrup, the juice of 1/2 lemon and bits of +butter. Cover with the top crust; press in the edges with a beaten +egg, and rub the top with butter. Let bake in a moderate oven +until done. + + +3.--Russian Relish. + +Cut some slices of brown bread into fingers half an inch thick; spread +with butter. Mix some Russian caviare with lemon-juice to taste and a +tablespoonful of finely chopped shallots. Spread the fingers with the +mixture and place an oyster in the centre of each. Sprinkle with salt +and a pinch of paprica. Serve. Garnish with thin slices of lemon +and parsley. + + +4.--Dutch Stuffed Potatoes. + +Select fine smooth potatoes; cut off the end of each and scrape out +the inside. Mix this with chopped ham, onion and parsley, and a +tablespoonful of butter. Season with salt, pepper and lemon-juice. +Fill the potato with the mixture and let bake in a moderate oven until +tender and serve hot. + + +5.--Fish a la Marseilles. + +Cut two kinds of fish into slices; season with salt. Mince 2 cloves of +garlic, 2 sprigs of parsley, 2 sprigs of thyme and 2 bay-leaves very +fine. Add a pinch of pepper. Roll the fish in the spice. Then fry 2 +sliced onions in butter; add 1 cup of tomatoes, the juice of a lemon +and 2 cups of water. Let boil up. Add the fish and let boil until +done. Remove the fish to a platter. Add a cup of white wine to the +sauce and 1 tablespoonful of sugar. Boil up and pour over the fish. +Serve with toast. + + +6.--Jewish Stewed Brains. + +Clean and stew the brains with 1/2 cup of vinegar, 1 sliced onion, +salt and pepper. Add a tablespoonful of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of +raisins. Let stew until tender. Remove the brains to a platter; add a +lump of butter and a tablespoonful of molasses to the sauce; boil up +and pour over the brains. Serve cold; garnish with lemon slices. + + +7.--Austrian Apple Strudel. + +Mix 1 pint of flour with 1/2 cup of water, 4 ounces of butter, 3 eggs +and a pinch of salt to a stiff dough; then roll out as thin as +possible. Pour over some melted butter; cover with chopped apples and +raisins. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Make a large roll; bake in +a buttered baking-pan with flakes of butter on top until brown. + + +8.--Vienna Nut Torte. + +Blanch 1/4 pound of almonds and pound in a mortar. Then beat 4 eggs +with 1/2 cup of sugar. Add 1 teaspoonful of brandy and a teaspoonful +of wine and lemon-juice; add 4 lady fingers crumbled up fine. Beat all +together with the nuts; put in a well-buttered pudding-dish and bake. +Serve with wine sauce. + + +9.--Bavarian Cabbage Salad. + +Chop a cabbage with 1 large onion and 2 stalks of celery and 2 +peppers; season well with salt and sprinkle with pepper. Heat some +vinegar; add a teaspoonful of prepared mustard. Then beat the yolks of +2 eggs with a tablespoonful of sugar; add the hot vinegar slowly to +the beaten eggs and mix with the cabbage. Serve cold. + + +10.--Russian Stewed Duck. + +Clean and cut the duck into pieces and season with salt and pepper; +then cut 1/2 pound of bacon into dice pieces and put in a large +saucepan with 1 onion and 2 carrots. Cut fine 1 herb bouquet, a few +cloves and a few peppercorns; add the duck. Let all cook slowly with 1 +cup of stock until tender; then add 1 cup of red wine. Thicken the +sauce with flour, boil and serve hot. + + +11.--Russian Chicken Patties. + +Chop the white meat of cooked chicken and turkey very fine and mix +with 3 chopped truffles and some chopped parsley. Season with the +grated peel of 1/2 lemon, a pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste, +and moisten with cream. Make a puff-paste and roll out very thin. Cut +into squares and fill with a tablespoonful of the mixture. Press the +ends together and fry in deep hot lard until a light brown. Drain and +serve very hot with tomato-sauce. + + +12.--Japanese Salad. + +Cut some celery, apples and truffles into fine shreds and mix with +chrysanthemum flowers; season with salt and pepper. Put in a salad +bowl and cover with a mayonnaise dressing. Garnish with chopped +hard-boiled eggs and olives. + + +13.--Polish Chops. + +Season veal chops with salt and pepper and let fry a few minutes in +hot dripping. Remove the chops and cover with a mixture of bacon, +liver, onions and parsley minced fine and well seasoned. Then let bake +in the oven with 1 cup of beef broth. Baste often and serve very hot. + + +14.--Spanish Stewed Rabbit. + +Clean and parboil 2 rabbits; then cut into pieces. Sprinkle with flour +and fry in hot lard. Remove the rabbits. Add chopped tomato and onion +to the sauce; mix with flour; let fry; add the sauce in which the +rabbit was cooked, some lemon-juice, 1/2 teaspoonful of red pepper, +parsley and salt to taste. Cook ten minutes; then add the rabbit and +simmer five minutes. Serve hot with boiled rice. + + +15.--Scotch Baked Mutton. + +Season a leg of mutton well with salt and pepper. Dredge with flour +and let bake in a hot oven until nearly done. Then add some boiled +turnips cut in quarters; sprinkle with pepper and flour; let bake +until browned. Serve the mutton on a platter with the turnips. + + +16.--Belgian Stuffed Shad. + +Season and stuff the shad with chopped oysters and mushrooms well +seasoned. Place in a well-buttered baking-dish; sprinkle with fine +bread-crumbs, chopped onion and parsley. Put flakes of butter on top +and pour in 1 cup of tomato-sauce. Let bake until done. Baste often +with the sauce. Serve with celery salad with French dressing. + + +17.--Italian Roast Beef. + +Cut several deep incisions in the upper round of beef and press into +them lardoons of salt pork. Stick 2 cloves of sliced garlic and 1 +dozen cloves in the meat; season with salt and pepper and dredge with +flour. Put in the dripping-pan with some hot water and let roast until +tender. Serve with boiled macaroni. + + +18.--French Apple Soufflé. + +Cook apples and sweeten to taste. Mash well with 1 tablespoonful of +butter. Beat the yolks of 3 eggs with 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, the +juice and rind of 1/2 lemon; add the whites beaten to a stiff froth. +Put in a buttered pudding-dish and bake in a moderate oven until done. + + +19.--German Sweet Pretzels. + +Mix 1/2 pound of flour with 1/2 pound of fresh butter; add 1/4 pound +of sugar, 1 egg and 1 beaten yolk, 1 tablespoonful of sweet cream and +some grated lemon peel. Mix thoroughly and mold the dough into small +wreaths; brush the top with the yolk of an egg and sprinkle with +powdered sweet almonds. Lay in a well-buttered baking-tin and bake +until a deep yellow. + + +20.--French Waffles. + +Sift 3 cups of flour with 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and 1/2 +teaspoonful of salt. Beat the yolks of 3 eggs; add a tablespoonful of +melted butter and 2 cups of warm milk. Add the beaten whites and stir +in the flour, making a light batter. Grease the waffle irons and fill +with the batter. Bake until a delicate brown. Remove to a hot dish. +Serve hot with powdered sugar on top. + + +21.--Swedish Stewed Mutton. + +Season the breast of mutton with salt, pepper, thyme and mace; let +stew slowly with 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic chopped. Add some +chopped capers and mushrooms; cook until tender. Then thicken the +sauce with flour mixed with a glass of wine and boil up. Serve hot +with baked turnips. + + +22.--Swedish Pie. + +Make a rich pie-dough; line a deep pie-dish with the paste and let +bake. Then fill with chopped boiled fish, oysters, shrimps and some +chopped mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt and paprica and the grated peel +of a lemon. Pour over 1/4 cup of melted butter and the juice of 1/2 +lemon and a beaten egg. Then cover with the dough and let bake until +done. Serve hot. + + +23.--Greek Stuffed Egg-Plant. + +Parboil the egg-plant and cut in half. Scrape out some of the inside +and chop some cooked lamb, 2 green peppers, 1 onion, and 2 tomatoes. +Then mix with a beaten egg, 1 tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper +to taste. Fill the halves with the mixture; sprinkle with bread-crumbs +and bits of butter. Put in a baking-dish with a little stock and bake. + + +24.--Norwegian Fish Pudding. + +Remove the bones from a large cooked fish and chop to a fine mince. +Mix with 2 beaten eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls of cream, 1 tablespoonful of +butter, season with salt, black pepper and 1/4 teaspoonful of paprica. +Beat well together with some bread-crumbs; fill a mold with the +pudding and let steam one hour; then boil the sauce in which the fish +was cooked, add 1 tablespoonful of butter, chopped parsley and chopped +onion. Season highly; boil and serve with the pudding. + + +25.--Japanese Eggs. + +Cook some rice in a rich chicken stock; place on a platter. Fry 6 eggs +and trim neatly; sprinkle with salt, black pepper, chopped parsley and +lemon-juice. Put the eggs on the rice and pour a little hot +tomato-sauce over the base of the platter and serve. + + +26.--Jewish Stewed Brisket. + +Boil beef brisket until tender, and slice thin. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls +of butter; add 1 chopped onion. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until +brown. Add the water in which the meat was cooked, 1/2 cup of raisins, +1/2 cup of vinegar, 1 tablespoonful of brown sugar and some cinnamon +and 1 carrot sliced thin, salt, pepper and a few cloves. Let boil. Add +the brisket and simmer fifteen minutes. Serve hot or cold. + + +27.--Hungarian Fruit Roll. + +Make a pie-dough. Roll out and spread with melted butter, raisins, +currants, chopped apples, nuts and shredded citron. Cover well with +brown sugar and sprinkle with cinnamon and the grated peel of a lemon. +Roll up the dough. Lay in a buttered baking-pan. Rub the top well with +melted butter and let bake until brown. Serve with wine sauce. + + +28.--Dutch Stewed Fish. + +Cook a large fish with 1 onion, 2 stalks of celery, parsley, a +tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper until done. Remove fish to a +platter. Add 2 chopped pickles, the juice and rind of a lemon, 1/2 cup +of vinegar. Mash the yolks of 2 boiled eggs with 1 raw egg, a +teaspoonful of prepared mustard and a tablespoonful of butter. Add to +the sauce and boil. Lay the fish in the boiling sauce ten minutes; +then serve. + + +29.--Belgian Lamb Chops. + +Season lamb chops; dredge with flour and fry until brown; keep hot. +Fry 1 chopped onion and 1 small carrot in two tablespoonfuls of +butter. Add 1 tablespoonful of flour; stir until light brown. Add 1/2 +cup of water; let boil well; add parsley, a few cloves and +peppercorns, salt and pepper and 1 bay-leaf minced fine. Boil well. +Add 1 glass of claret; then pour the sauce hot over the chops, and +garnish with French peas. + + +30.--Austrian Apple Omelet. + +Peel, core and slice some apples very thin. Heat 1 large tablespoonful +of butter in a frying-pan; put in the apples and let them steam until +tender. Make an egg omelet batter; sweeten to taste and pour over the +apples; let cook until set. Cover thickly with sugar and sprinkle with +cinnamon. Serve hot with wine sauce. + + +31.--Fish a la Normandie. + +Boil a trout well seasoned; add 1 sliced onion, 1 carrot chopped, 2 +sprigs of parsley and 1 bay-leaf, a few peppercorns and 1 +tablespoonful of butter. When done, beat the yolks of 2 eggs with a +little cream; add salt and a pinch of cayenne. Remove the fish to a +platter. Mix the egg sauce with the water in which the fish was +cooked; add 1/2 cup of cream. Let get very hot and pour over the fish. +Garnish with parsley. Serve hot. + + + + +_APRIL._ + + +1.--Italian Tongue. + +Boil a beef tongue until tender; skin and slice thin. Heat 2 +tablespoonfuls of butter. Add 1 chopped onion and 2 cloves of garlic +minced fine. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown; add a +little water, 1 cup of tomato-sauce, 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms, +lemon-juice, salt and pepper to taste. Let boil. Add the sliced +tongue, and 1/2 glass of sherry wine. Simmer ten minutes. Serve with +baked macaroni. + + +2.--German Prune Pudding. + +Cook 1 pound of prunes in a large saucepan with sliced lemon, a piece +of stick cinnamon and brown sugar. Soak 1/2 loaf of bread in water; +press out dry. Add 3 eggs, 1/4 teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves +and allspice. Add flour sifted with a teaspoonful of baking-powder. +Make into a large roll; place in the centre of the prunes; cover with +brown sugar and a tablespoonful of molasses and put in the oven to +bake until done. Serve hot or cold. + + +3.--Swiss Pot Roast. + +Season a breast of veal with salt, pepper and ginger. Heat a cupful of +dripping; lay the meat in the stew-pan with the dripping, 1 onion, +some celery seed, carroway seed, a few peppercorns and parsley. Cover +and let stew slowly until nearly done; then add 1 cup of tomato-sauce +and cook slowly until tender. Serve with baked potatoes. + + +4.--Mushrooms a la Bordelaise. + +Drain 1 can of mushrooms; chop 6 shallots very fine and sauté in 1 +tablespoonful of butter. Add the chopped mushrooms; sprinkle with +salt, pepper, some chopped parsley and 1 minced bay-leaf. Let cook ten +minutes with 1/2 glass of sherry wine. Serve hot on slices of +French toast. + + +5.--Turkish Soup. + +Season and fry some lamb chops; add 2 green peppers sliced thin, 1 +onion chopped and an herb bouquet. Then cook 1/2 cup of barley in 1 +quart of soup stock until tender. Pour all together and let cook until +meat is very tender. Serve hot. + + +6.--Scotch Omelet. + +Boil young tender leeks in salted water; let drain. Chop to a fine +mince and fry in hot butter. Add 6 well-beaten eggs, sprinkle with +salt and pepper and fold into an omelet and serve on a hot dish. + + +7.--Jewish Egg Bread. + +Soak some matzoths in milk for a few minutes; then dip them into +seasoned beaten eggs. Add a pinch of sugar and let them fry in hot +rendered butter until a golden brown. Sprinkle with pulverized sugar +and cinnamon and serve hot with coffee. + + +8.--Bombay Broiled Kidney. + +Clean sheep's kidneys and cut into thin slices. Sprinkle with salt, +cayenne pepper and grated lemon peel. Then dip in beaten egg and fine +bread-crumbs and broil on a hot greased gridiron. Serve on buttered +toast, spread with curry paste. + + +9.--German Prune Kuchen. + +Boil some prunes until tender. Remove the kernels and mash the prunes +well. Mix with sugar, cinnamon and lemon-juice to taste. Make a rich +biscuit dough, roll out and place on a well-buttered baking-pan. Fill +with the prunes and let bake until done. Serve cold. + + +10.--French Roast with Carrots. + +Lard a round of beef with slices of bacon and put in a large saucepan. +Cover and let brown a few minutes. Add sliced onion and boiling water +to cover. Let cook slowly until tender; then scrape 6 carrots and cut +thin; add 2 sliced onions, 2 cloves of garlic and let cook until +tender. Thicken with butter and flour. Season highly with salt, pepper +and parsley; add to the meat, and let all cook together a half hour +and serve hot. + + +11.--Spanish Fried Chicken. + +Cut a fat hen into pieces at the joints and boil until tender; season +and fry with 1 onion and 2 green peppers chopped fine. Add 1 cup of +tomato-sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Serve the chicken on a platter +with boiled rice. + + +12.--Hungarian Bread Pudding. + +Chop 1/2 cup of suet. Mix with 1/2 loaf of stale bread that has been +soaked and pressed dry. Add 1 cup of chopped apples, 1 cup of sugar, +1/2 cup of chopped raisins and nuts. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg +and grated lemon peel; then mix with the yolks of 4 eggs and the +whites beaten stiff. Put in a well-buttered pudding-dish, and let bake +until done. Serve hot with wine sauce. + + +13.--Swedish Baked Turnips. + +Peel small tender turnips; heat 1 tablespoonful of butter in a +saucepan. Place the turnips in whole, sprinkle with salt and pepper; +add a tablespoonful of sugar. Pour over a cup of water; cover and let +cook for one hour until tender but not broken. Thicken the sauce with +flour and milk. Add a little water and set in the oven a half hour, +covered with paper; then serve. + + +14.--Belgian Baked Bananas. + +Skin fine bananas and lay them whole in a baking-dish. Sprinkle with +sugar and grated lemon peel. Add the juice of 1 orange, 1/2 lemon and +1/2 glass of sherry wine. Let bake in a quick oven. Put the bananas in +a glass dish and pour over the sauce. Let get cold and serve. + + +15.--Japanese Rice. + +Boil 1 cup of rice; add 3 chopped shallots, 1 teaspoonful of soy and +salt to taste. Place on a platter, cover with chopped hard-boiled +eggs, sprinkle with salt, paprica and chopped parsley. Garnish with +some thin slices of smoked salmon. + + +16.--Scotch Loaf Cake. + +Mix 1/2 pound of butter with 1/4 pound of sugar, 1/2 cup of chopped +nuts and 1/2 cup of shredded citron; then work in 1 pound of sifted +flour with 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Make a loaf a half inch +thick and bake in a moderate oven until done. + + +17.--English Meat Loaf. + +Chop cooked veal and boiled ham; place in a well-greased mold +alternate layers of veal, ham and hard-boiled eggs. Sprinkle with +pepper, mace and chopped parsley. Moisten with beef-stock and let bake +in the oven. Serve cold, sliced very thin, garnished with watercress. + + +18.--Jewish Purim Cakes. + +Beat 1 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup of butter to a cream; add 2 beaten +eggs, a pinch of salt, 1/2 cup of milk and the grated peel of 1/2 +lemon. Add enough sifted flour with 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder to +make a soft biscuit dough. Put on a well-floured baking-board. Roll +out a half inch thick. Cut into triangles and drop in a kettle of hot +rendered butter; fry until a golden brown. Then mix some powdered +sugar with a little milk and flavor with vanilla. Spread on the top. + + +19.--Swiss Pie. + +Make a rich pie-dough. Line a buttered pie-dish with the dough; then +slice three onions very thin and let cook in hot butter until tender; +add a pinch of salt. Fill the pie with the onions, cover the top with +cream and let bake in a moderate oven until done. Serve hot or cold. + + +20.--French Apple Fritters. + +Peel and slice large apples; sprinkle with sugar and lemon-juice and +make a rich egg batter. Sweeten to taste and flavor with 2 +tablespoonfuls of orange-flower water. Lay the sliced apples in the +batter and fry in deep hot lard to a golden brown. Serve with +wine sauce. + + +21.--Jewish Purim Torte. + +Line a well-buttered baking-dish with a rich pie-paste. Then mix 1 cup +of fine poppy-seeds with the yolks of 5 eggs and 1/2 cup of sugar, +some chopped raisins and nuts and the juice of 1/2 lemon. Add the +whites beaten stiff; then fill with the mixture and let bake +until done. + + +22.--English Boiled Pudding. + +Mix 1/2 pound of butter with 1/2 pound of powdered sugar to a cream. +Add the yolks of 6 eggs beaten, 1/2 cup of seeded raisins and some +chopped citron, a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix in 1/2 pound of +sifted flour and 1/2 teaspoonful of baking-powder. Add the whites, +beaten to a stiff froth; put in a buttered pudding-mold, and let boil +until done. Serve with brandy sauce. + + +23.--German Stewed Brains. + +Clean the brains. Heat 1 tablespoonful of drippings in a pan; add the +brains, 1 sliced onion, some parsley, salt and pepper. Let stew +fifteen minutes. Thicken the sauce with butter and flour; let boil up. +Serve hot with spinach and sprinkle all with chopped hard-boiled eggs. + + +24.--Scotch Cream Muffins. + +Sift 1 pint of flour with 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder; beat three +yolks of eggs with a pinch of salt; add 1 pint of cream and 1 +tablespoonful of melted butter. Stir in the flour; add the whites +beaten to a stiff froth. Beat all well together. Fill the muffin-rings +1/2 full and bake in a quick oven for twenty minutes. + + +25.--French Tart. + +Make a rich pie-dough. Line a large pie-dish with the paste and bake. +Take 3 ounces of almonds and pound to a paste; add 3 tablespoonfuls of +pulverized sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter, 1/2 teaspoonful +of cinnamon and the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten with 1 tablespoonful +of rum. Add the beaten whites; fill the pie and bake in a moderate +oven. Then make a glacé. Mix 1 ounce of granulated sugar with 1 +tablespoonful of cold water and let come to a boil. Put on the pie +when cool and serve. + + +26.--Polish Stewed Beans. + +Break string-beans into pieces and let boil in salted water until +tender; then heat 1 tablespoonful of butter; stir in 1 tablespoonful +of flour until brown. Add the water in which the beans were cooked, +1/2 cup of vinegar, 1 tablespoonful of brown sugar, some cinnamon and +cloves to taste. Let sauce boil. Add the beans and simmer ten minutes. +Serve hot with a beef pot roast. + + +27.--Vienna Milk Rolls. + +Sift 1-1/2 quarts of flour; add 1/2 teaspoonful of salt; work in a +large tablespoonful of butter; then stir in 1/2 cup of milk with a +piece of yeast dissolved in the milk and a teaspoonful of sugar. Beat +all up well with 1 pint of milk; let raise over night. Roll out an +inch thick; cut with a biscuit-cutter; rub with melted butter; lay in +a buttered baking-pan; let raise one hour; then bake in a hot oven +twenty minutes. + + +28.--Scotch Potato Stew. + +Cut the potatoes into small dice pieces and fry in hot lard. Then fry +1 onion cut fine in hot butter, but do not brown; stir in some flour; +then add milk, salt, pepper and parsley. Let boil up once and add the +potatoes to the sauce. Let all get very hot and serve. + + +29.--Jewish Dumplings. + +Soak 6 crackers in water; then press dry. Fry 1 chopped onion in +butter and pour over the crackers. Add 3 eggs and chopped parsley; +sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix all with some cracker-meal +until you can form into balls and boil in salted water until done. +Serve hot with melted butter poured over them, and garnish +with parsley. + + +30.--Italian Soup. + +Chop some cabbage and let fry in 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1/2 +cup of rice (dry) and 1 clove of garlic chopped with 1/2 small onion. +Let fry a few minutes; then add 2 quarts of soup-stock seasoned with +salt, white pepper and a little saffron to taste. Add 1/2 cup of +grated Parmesan cheese; let all cook until done. Serve with +toasted croutons. + + + + +_MAY._ + + +1.--Turkish Purée. + +Boil 1 cup of lentils with 1 bay-leaf, 2 sprigs of parsley, a pinch of +salt and pepper to taste; add some mace and cook until tender. Then +fry 1 chopped onion in 2 tablespoonfuls of olive-oil; add the lentils +and 1 cup of cooked rice and 1 tablespoonful of butter. Stir well +together and let get very hot. Put on a platter and pour over a highly +seasoned tomato-sauce and serve. Garnish with fried parsley. + + +2.--Jewish Kugel. + +Soak 1/2 loaf of bread in water; then press it dry. Heat 1/2 cup of +butter and mix with the bread; add 2 chopped apples, 1/2 cup of +raisins, 1/2 cup of pounded almonds and the grated peel of a lemon. +Add the yolks of 4 eggs and the whites beaten to a stiff froth; mix +well together. Put in a buttered pudding-dish and pour over 1/2 cup of +melted butter; let bake in a moderate oven until brown. Serve hot. + + +3.--English Muffins. + +Take 1 quart of warm milk, 1/2 cup of yeast, 1 teaspoonful of salt and +flour enough to make a stiff batter; let stand to raise until light. +Then add 1/2 cup of melted butter, 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in +a little water; add enough flour to make a very stiff batter and let +raise half an hour. Then fill well-greased muffin-rings half full with +the batter and bake in a quick oven until done. Serve with butter. + + +4.--Spanish Roast Veal. + +Season a 6-pound veal-roast with salt and pepper and rub well with +butter; put in the dripping-pan with one large sliced onion, 1 +bay-leaf, 2 sprigs of parsley and 2 of thyme and sage. Add 1/2 +teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice and mace. Pour in 1 cup of hot +water and the juice of a lemon and dredge with flour; add a +tablespoonful of butter. Let bake until brown and tender. Baste often +with the sauce and serve. + + +5.--Madras Stewed Chicken. + +Cut a spring chicken into pieces at the joints; season with salt and +pepper and fry in hot lard with some tender mutton chops. Fry 1 sliced +onion in hot butter with 2 ounces of rice, 1 teaspoonful of +curry-powder and 1 chopped apple; add to the chicken. Moisten with 1 +quart of chicken broth, season to taste and let simmer until the +chicken and mutton are very tender; then add 1 pint of hot oysters and +the juice of 1/2 lemon. Let all get very hot and serve on a platter +with fried egg-plant. + + +6.--Irish Beef Rolls. + +Chop some fat beef with 1 onion and 2 sprigs of parsley. Season with +salt, pepper, nutmeg and a little mace to taste and the grated rind of +1/2 lemon, 1 beaten egg and 1/2 cup of fine bread-crumbs. Mix all well +together and shape into rolls. Then heat some dripping in a saucepan; +lay in the rolls; cover and let simmer until brown. Serve hot with +the sauce. + + +7.--Norwegian Fruit Pudding. + +Boil 1 pint of raspberries and 1 pint of red currants in 2 cups of +water until soft; add 3 cups of sugar, some cinnamon, 1 cup of pounded +almonds and 1 tablespoonful of chopped citron. Let cook and mash until +smooth; then thicken with a little cornstarch. Remove from the fire +and pour into a mold. When cold, serve with whipped cream. + + +8.--Spanish Puffs. + +Put a large cupful of water in a saucepan; add 2 ounces of butter, 1/4 +teaspoonful of salt, 1 tablespoonful of pulverized sugar. While +boiling, stir in sifted flour until stiff and smooth. Remove from the +stove and stir in the yolks of 4 eggs, one at a time, and the beaten +whites; then fry by the teaspoonful in boiling lard until browned. +Serve with a caramel sauce. + + +9.--Belgian Veal Scallop. + +Chop cooked veal to a fine mince; butter a baking-dish and put +alternate layers of veal, rice and tomato-sauce until dish is full. +Cover over with fine bread-crumbs; pour over some melted butter and +let bake in the oven until brown. Serve with French peas. + + +10.--Parisian Chicken. + +Clean and season 2 spring chickens. Put them in a saucepan with 3 +tablespoonfuls of butter; cover and let simmer until brown. Add 1/2 +can of mushrooms, chopped parsley, and 1 glass of wine; let all cook +until done. Put on a platter and pour over 1 cup of hot cream. Serve, +garnished with croutons. + + +11.--German Boiled Noodles. + +Make a stiff noodle-dough; roll out very thin and cut into ribbons +half an inch wide. Let them dry and boil in salted water; drain in a +colander. Fry some sliced onions in butter until soft; add the +noodles. Stir and serve hot with stewed chicken. + + +12.--Dutch Baked Fish. + +Clean and split a fish open down the back; remove the backbone; +sprinkle with salt and pepper; put in a baking-dish, flesh side up. +Put flakes of butter on top; sprinkle with a little flour; moisten +with cream. Bake in a hot oven until brown. Pour over a Hollandaise +sauce and serve hot. + + +13.--Vienna Cheese Torte. + +Mix 1 cup of cottage cheese with 1 tablespoonful of cream, 1 +tablespoonful of flour, 1 tablespoonful of butter, 3 tablespoonfuls of +sugar, the yolks of 3 eggs, and a pinch of salt and cinnamon. Mix all +together with the whites beaten stiff; then line muffin-rings with a +rich pastry-dough; fill with the cheese and bake in a moderate oven +until brown. + + +14.--Hungarian Fried Noodles. + +Beat 3 eggs with 2 tablespoonfuls of water; add a pinch of salt and +enough flour to make a stiff dough work well. Then roll out as thin as +paper; fold the dough and cut into round pieces; fry in deep hot lard +to a golden brown. Serve hot with stewed chicken. + + +15.--Belgian Roast Lamb. + +Season 4 pounds of lamb with salt, pepper and lemon-juice; put in the +dripping-pan with 2 small chopped onions, 1 bay-leaf, 2 sprigs of +parsley and thyme; then pour over 1/2 cup of butter and dredge with +flour. Add a cup of hot water and the juice of a lemon. Let bake in a +hot oven until done. Serve with French peas. + + +16.--Russian Salad. + +Chop 1/2 pound of cold roast veal with 1/4 pound of smoked salmon, 3 +sour pickles, 2 sour apples, 1 large onion, some beans and capers and +3 hard-boiled eggs chopped fine. Add some chopped nuts. Season and +pour over a mayonnaise dressing. Garnish with sliced beets and olives; +serve cold. + + +17.--French Rolls. + +Prepare the dough as for bread. Work in 1/4 pound of butter and 1/4 +pound of sugar. Add 4 beaten eggs; form into rolls; put in a +well-buttered baking-pan; let them raise half an hour. Brush the tops +with beaten egg and let bake until done. + + +18.--German Herring Salad. + +Soak herrings over night in cold water; remove the milch; cut off the +head and skin and cut the herring into small pieces; add 2 apples, 2 +pickles, 3 hard-boiled eggs, 1 onion, a few olives, all cut fine. Put +into bowl; mash the milch with a little mustard, 1 teaspoonful of +sugar, pepper and salt. Add 1/4 cupful of vinegar and mix all well +together. Garnish with sliced lemon, and serve with boiled potatoes. + + +19.--Belgian Fried Calf's Feet. + +Clean and boil the calf's feet until tender; season with salt and +pepper. Remove the large bones from the feet; beat 2 eggs with salt +and pepper; dip the feet in the beaten eggs; then roll in fine +bread-crumbs and fry in deep hot lard until brown. Serve hot with +tomato-sauce. + + +20.--Italian Ice Cream. + +Whip 1 quart of cream with 2 cupfuls of sugar until stiff. Put in the +freezer until half frozen; then add the juice and grated peel of 2 +lemons, 2 tablespoonfuls of fine brandy, and a little pistache +coloring. Let freeze until hard and serve with cake. + + +21.--French Chocolate Biscuits. + +Beat the yolks of 6 eggs with 10 ounces of powered sugar; add 1 ounce +of powdered French chocolate. Mix well with 4 ounces of flour and the +whites beaten stiff with a pinch of salt; add 1 tablespoonful of +vanilla extract. Bake on wafer sheets in small cakes to a light brown. + + +22.--India Canapes. + +Cut slices of bread into delicate circles and toast in butter; then +take 1 ounce of chutney and 2 ounces of grated Parmesan cheese; spread +the toast with ham and the chutney and sprinkle with grated cheese. +Set in the oven a few minutes and serve hot, garnished with +fried parsley. + + +23.--Chicken a la Tartare. + +Season and stew 2 spring chickens with 1 onion, some capers, parsley, +1 bay-leaf and 2 sprigs of thyme chopped fine until tender. Remove the +chickens; add 1 tablespoonful of minced pickles, 1 teaspoonful of made +mustard, 1 teaspoonful of tarragon and 1/2 cup of mayonnaise sauce. +Let boil up and pour over the chickens. Serve with boiled rice. + + +24.--Jewish Pudding. + +Soak 6 matzoth crackers in water; press dry and mix with 1 +tablespoonful of butter, a pinch of salt, the yolks of 5 eggs, a small +cup of sugar, some cinnamon, 1/2 cup of raisins and a little grated +lemon peel. Add the beaten whites and bake until brown. Serve with +wine sauce. + + +25.--German Potato Pancakes. + +Peel 3 large potatoes and lay in salted water half an hour; then grate +the potatoes; add pepper, salt, 3 eggs and a large spoonful of flour. +Beat well together and fry in hot lard by the tablespoonful until +light brown. Serve hot with a pot roast. + + +26.--English Roast Veal. + +Season a veal loin roast with salt and pepper and rub with butter. Put +in the dripping-pan with sliced onions, tomatoes and parsley and 2 +tablespoonfuls of dripping. Let roast; baste often until tender. Serve +hot or cold, cut into thin slices. + + +27.--Russian Rice Pudding. + +Mix cold boiled rice with the juice and rind of a lemon, 1 cup of +sugar and 1/2 glass of fine rum; then press into a mold. Let get very +cold and serve with cold cooked fruit. + + +28.--Scotch Pudding. + +Take 2 quart of black cherries; remove the stones and mix with 1/2 +pound of fine bread-crumbs, some chopped nuts, the beaten yolks of 4 +eggs and 1/2 cup of sugar. Add the whites beaten stiff. Bake in a +well-buttered pudding-dish and serve cold. + + +29.--Italian Potato Balls. + +Peel and boil potatoes in salted water until soft; drain, and mash +smooth. Take a pint of the mashed potatoes; mix with 2 tablespoonfuls +of melted butter and 1 egg; add a little flour, and form into balls. +Put them into a well-buttered baking-pan; sprinkle with grated +Parmesan cheese and bake in a quick oven to a golden brown. Serve with +stewed chicken. + + +30.--Belgian Veal Cutlets. + +Season veal cutlets; dip in beaten egg and roll in fine bread-crumbs. +Fry in deep hot lard; keep hot. Chop a few onions with a clove of +garlic and fry in a tablespoonful of butter. Stir in 1 tablespoonful +of flour until brown; add a little water and the juice of a lemon, +salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. Let boil well; then remove from the +fire; stir in the yolks of 2 eggs, and let get very hot; pour over the +chops. Serve with French peas. + + +31.--French Lemon Cookies. + +Beat the yolks of 4 eggs; add 1 cup of butter and 3 cups of sugar +beaten. Add the whites beaten stiff and a teaspoonful of lemon +extract. Add enough flour with a teaspoonful of baking-powder to make +a stiff dough. Roll out thin; cut into small cookies and bake in a +quick oven to a light brown. + + + + +_JUNE._ + + +1.--Italian Stuffed Tomatoes. + +Cut tomatoes in halves; take out some of the pulp. Fry 1 large onion +in butter, add the tomato pulp, a piece of beef-marrow, 2 sprigs of +chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Remove from the fire; add a beaten +egg and mix with bread-crumbs and a pinch of nutmeg. Then fill the +tomatoes, sprinkle with buttered bread-crumbs and bake until done. +Serve on a platter with poached eggs. Garnish with croutons. + + +2.--English Salad. + +Pick, wash and drain 2 heads of lettuce and break into pieces. Mix +with some watercress, shredded celery and a few leaves of mint. Put in +a salad bowl, sprinkle with salt, pepper, sugar and lemon-juice and +pour over a salad-dressing. Garnish with slices of hard-boiled eggs +and pickled beet-root. + + +3.--Scotch Stuffed Eggs. + +Boil eggs until hard; remove the shells. Cut out the centres +lengthwise; then chop cooked chicken to a fine mince; add the yolk of +a raw egg and mix with cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper. +Fill the eggs and dip them in beaten eggs and fine bread-crumbs and +fry a light brown. Serve hot with cream sauce. Garnish with parsley. + + +4.--Oriental Vegetable Curry. + +Peel and fry some small onions. Add 2 stalks of celery, cut into inch +pieces; sprinkle with salt, pepper and curry-powder; add a few +truffles and pour over all 1 cup of stock. Let stew until tender. Then +boil some potatoes; mash smooth with butter and season with curry +sauce. Place a border of mashed potatoes on a platter and put the stew +in the centre; serve hot. Garnish with fried parsley. + + +5.--Chinese Noodle Soup. + +Boil a large hen in 3 quarts of water. Add a few slices of ham, 1 +onion sliced, some sliced mushrooms, 2 stalks of celery cut fine, 2 +tomatoes and Chinese chopped herbs. Let cook three hours and strain; +then boil up; add fine noodles and let cook ten minutes. Add chopped +parsley and serve at once. + + +6.--Hindu Eggs. + +Slice some hard-boiled eggs and place in a well-buttered baking-dish. +Cover with well-beaten raw eggs; sprinkle with salt, pepper, cayenne +and curry-powder, a few bits of butter rolled in bread-crumbs and some +grated cheese. Let bake in a moderate oven until done. + + +7.--Portugal Veal Stew. + +Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of olive-oil in a stew-pan; add 2 sliced onions, +a clove of garlic and a few capers. Let fry a few minutes. Stir in 1 +tablespoonful of flour until brown; add 1/2 cup of stock; season with +salt, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and a pinch of saffron. Add 1 cup of +white wine; let boil; then add cooked veal sliced thin. Let cook ten +minutes in the sauce and serve very hot. + + +8.--Italian Coffee Cream. + +Mix 1-1/2 cups of strong coffee with 1/2 cup of rich milk in a double +boiler; add 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoonful of gelatin and a pinch +of salt. Then stir in the yolks of 3 eggs beaten with 1/2 cup of sugar +until it thickens. Remove from the fire; add the whites beaten to a +froth and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Pack in a mold and freeze until +hard and serve with whipped cream. + + +9.--Scotch Rarebit. + +Cut 1/2 pound of cheese in very small pieces and add 1 ounce of fresh +butter, 2 tablespoonfuls of fine bread-crumbs, 1 teaspoonful of +prepared mustard, salt and pepper and a pinch of cayenne to taste. Mix +well together to a smooth paste. Have ready some buttered toast; place +on a dish, spread with the mixture and set in the oven until melted. +Serve at once. + + +10.--Irish Ham Omelet. + +Beat 6 yolks of eggs with a pinch of salt; add the whites beaten stiff +and mix with a tablespoonful of cream. Beat 2 ounces of butter in an +omelet pan; add the beaten eggs and shake the pan to spread evenly. +Have ready some finely minced ham. Spread on half of the omelet, fold +and serve at once on a hot dish. + + +11.--Jewish Stewed Tongue. + +Boil a calf's tongue in salted water until tender; skin and slice +thin. Then heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1 chopped onion; stir +in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown; add 2 cups of the water in +which the tongue was cooked, 1/4 cup of seeded raisins, a few cloves, +1 bay-leaf, 1/4 cup of vinegar, and 1/2 teaspoonful of paprica. Let +all boil well; then add the sliced tongue. Let simmer ten minutes. +Serve hot or cold. + + +12.--French Prune Soufflé. + +Cook 1/2 pound of prunes until soft; remove the stones and cut the +prunes into small pieces. Mix with some chopped nuts and the yolks of +3 eggs well beaten with 3 tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar. Add 1 +teaspoonful of vanilla and the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Put in +a pudding-dish and bake in a moderate oven for ten minutes and serve. + + +13.--Italian Cooked Eggs. + +Take 6 hard-boiled eggs and cut lengthwise. Put in a pan with 12 +anchovies, some onion juice and 1 tablespoonful of finely chopped +parsley. Season with salt, white pepper and a little nutmeg, grated. +Then pour over all 1/2 pint of sour cream. Let boil up once and serve +hot with croutons. + + +14.--Spanish Broiled Steak. + +Season a porter-house steak with salt and pepper and rub with butter. +Place on a hot gridiron and let broil on a quick fire on both sides. +Make this sauce: Chop 1 onion and brown in 1 tablespoonful of butter; +add 1/2 cup of stock and 1/2 cup of claret; let boil well. Season and +thicken the sauce with a little flour and some chopped parsley. Let +boil up and serve at once with the steak. + + +15.--Liver a la Bourgogne. + +Season a calf's liver with salt and pepper; put a few slices of bacon +in a saucepan; let get very hot. Add the liver, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 2 +bay-leaves and 2 sprigs of thyme minced fine; cover and let brown a +few minutes. Then add 1 glass of sherry wine, salt and pepper and +sprinkle with flour. Let simmer ten minutes. Serve hot with potatoes. + + +16.--Messina Macaroni. + +Boil some macaroni in salted water until tender. Then fry 1 onion and +2 cloves of garlic chopped in olive-oil. Add 1 cup of tomato-sauce, +salt and pepper to taste. Then add the macaroni, and let fry +altogether. Serve hot with baked chicken. + + +17.--Dutch Prune Pudding. + +Boil prunes until very soft; remove the stones. Mash well; add the +yolks of 4 beaten eggs, 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 cup of +bread-crumbs, 1 teaspoonful of vanilla, 1/2 cup of chopped nuts, and +the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Put in a well-buttered +pudding-dish and bake in a moderate oven until done. Serve cold. + + +18.--Irish Beef Stew. + +Season a piece of fat beef; put in a stew-pan with some hot water. Let +cook slowly a half hour. Then add 3 potatoes, cut in dice pieces, and +1 onion, sliced. Let cook slowly until tender. Add 1/2 cup of corn and +1 cup of tomatoes; season with salt and pepper. Let all cook until +done. Serve hot. + + +19.--English Creamed Asparagus. + +Cut tough ends from the asparagus; scrape and boil in salted water +until tender. Make a cream sauce. When done, stir in the yolk of an +egg; season with a little white pepper. The sauce must be rather thick +and poured hot over the asparagus. Serve with veal chops. + + +20.--French Float. + +Line a glass dish with stale sponge-cake. Sprinkle with wine. Make a +boiled custard. Use 4 yolks of eggs and flavor with rose-water. Beat +the whites with pulverized sugar and flavor to taste. Pour the custard +over the cake and place the stiffly beaten whites on top. Put on the +ice and serve very cold. + + +21.--Russian Pot Roast. + +Season a round of beef with salt, pepper, cloves and nutmeg. Put in a +saucepan on hot dripping. Peel 6 small onions and slice 2 carrots and +2 cloves of garlic. Add to the meat with 1 herb bouquet. Cover with 1 +cup of hot water and let cook slowly until tender; then add 1/2 can of +chopped mushrooms, 1 glass of claret, salt and pepper to taste. Serve +hot on a border of mashed potatoes. + + +22.--Spanish Salad. + +Take 1/2 pound of chopped chicken, 1/4 pound of almonds, 1 red pepper, +1 Spanish onion and 1 head of chicory chopped fine. Mix in a salad +bowl with 1/4 teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of curry-powder, 2 +tablespoonfuls of tarragon vinegar, 4 tablespoonfuls of olive-oil. +Garnish with sliced beets and bananas. + + +23.--Scotch Baked Potatoes. + +Peel and slice 6 raw potatoes very thin; then beat 1 egg with 1 +tablespoonful of butter. Put the potatoes into a shallow baking-dish, +sprinkle well with salt and pepper. Add enough milk to cover the +potatoes; add the beaten egg. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of grated cheese over +all and let bake until done. + + +24.--German Apple Cake. + +Make a biscuit dough; roll out very thin and put on a well-buttered +cake-pan. Have ready some apples. Cut in quarters; lay closely on the +cake; sprinkle thick with brown sugar; add some cinnamon and a handful +of currants. Pour some fresh melted butter over the cake; set in the +oven to bake until done. Serve with coffee. + + +25.--English Ham Sandwiches. + +Cut thin slices of fresh bread. Chop ham with the yolks of 2 +hard-boiled eggs; add some made mustard and fresh butter and a dash of +pepper. Mix all well and spread between the slices of bread. Serve on +a folded napkin and garnish with sprigs of parsley. + + +26.--Swiss Peach Custard. + +Line a well-buttered pudding-dish with slices of sponge-cake and cover +with peach compote. Make an egg custard and cover with the custard; +set in the oven to bake. Beat the whites of 2 eggs with a little +lemon-juice and pulverized sugar spread on the top and let brown. +Serve cold. + + +27.--French Veal Hash. + +Cut veal round-steak into small pieces. Then fry some chopped bacon, 1 +onion and 2 cloves of garlic chopped; add the meat; stir well and let +all fry a few minutes. Add 1 cup of boiling water and let cook slowly +with some parsley and thyme, salt, pepper, until tender. Add a +tablespoonful of vinegar. Let boil up; remove from the fire and stir +in the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten. Serve hot with toast. + + +28.--Vienna Potato Salad. + +Slice boiled potatoes thin; chop some onion very fine; slice 2 +hard-boiled eggs and mix. Sprinkle all with salt and pepper. Then heat +some vinegar. Add a teaspoonful of made mustard and stir with the +beaten yolk of an egg. Mix all together with 1 tablespoonful of hot +butter and chopped parsley. Serve with cold meats. + + +29.--French Baked Omelet. + +Beat 4 yolks of eggs; add 6 soda crackers crushed fine, salt, pepper, +1 teaspoonful of grated onion, 1 tablespoonful of butter and 1 cup of +milk. Beat up well; add the whites beaten stiff; put into a +well-buttered baking-dish and let bake in a hot oven. Serve at once. + + +30.--Italian Batter Cakes. + +Beat 3 yolks of eggs with 1 cup of milk, a Salt-spoonful of salt, 1 +tablespoonful of olive-oil and 1 tablespoonful of sugar. Mix with 1/2 +cup of flour and the beaten whites of the eggs. Fry until light brown. +Serve with cooked fruit. + + + + +_JULY._ + + +1.--Portugal Iced Pudding. + +Mix 1 quart of vanilla ice-cream with 1 gill of wine, 1/4 pound of +Malaga grapes, 2 ounces of candied orange peel, chopped fine, and 1 +pint of whipped cream. Then place in the freezer to harden and serve. + + +2.--English Chicken Salad. + +Mix 1 cup of cold chicken cut fine with 1 cup of chopped celery, 1 cup +of cooked chestnuts chopped and 2 green peppers cut fine. Season with +salt and pepper. Put on crisp lettuce leaves in the salad bowl; cover +with a mayonnaise dressing. Serve cold. + + +3.--Turkish Stewed Lamb. + +Season a quarter of a young lamb and cut into pieces. Lay in a large +stew-pan and cover with hot water. Add 1 sliced onion, 2 sliced green +peppers and 2 tomatoes, 1 red pepper and 2 sprigs of parsley. Let stew +slowly until tender. Then fry thin slices of egg-plant and add to the +stew. Serve hot. + + +4.--Irish Apple Pudding. + +Pare and slice apples and lay them in a buttered pie-dish. Sprinkle +with brown sugar; add the juice and rind of 1/2 of a lemon, a pinch of +cinnamon and cloves. Then cover with a rich pie-paste and let bake +until done. + + +5.--Indian Rice. + +Boil 1 cup of rice in chicken broth; add a pinch of curry-powder and +season to taste with salt and pepper. Boil 1/2 teaspoonful of saffron +in 1 cup of the stock; then let all cook slowly until the broth is +entirely absorbed by the rice. Serve very hot. + + +6.--Hungarian Chicken Soup. + +Boil a large chicken in 3 quarts of water; season with salt, sage and +pepper; add 1 onion chopped and cook until tender. Remove the chicken +and chop it fine; then add to the soup with the yolks of 3 well-beaten +eggs; let all get very hot. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve +at once. + + +7.--Yorkshire Pudding. + +Beat 3 eggs with a pinch of salt; add 1 pint of milk and 2/3 of a cup +of flour. Stir until smooth. Then pour into a well-greased pan and +bake until done. Serve with English roast-beef, and pour over +the gravy. + + +8.--Portugal Salad. + +Slice 2 cucumbers, 2 tomatoes, 1 onion and two green peppers. Then +sprinkle with 1 chopped clove of garlic, salt and pepper and cover +with some thin slices of bread. Pour over all a cup of vinegar and 1/4 +cup of olive-oil and serve. + + +9.--English Chocolate Pudding. + +Soak 6 ounces of bread-crumbs in milk and press dry; add 2 ounces of +butter mixed with 3 ounces of sugar and 3 ounces of chocolate; add the +yolks of 6 eggs well beaten, and flavor with a teaspoonful of vanilla; +add the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a quick oven and +serve at once. + + +10.--Spanish Canapes. + +Prepare circular pieces of buttered toast. Then mix 1 cup of chopped +fish with 3 sweet pickles minced fine, and 2 tablespoonfuls of Madras +chutney; moisten with 2 tablespoonfuls of Hollandaise sauce. Spread +this mixture over 8 pieces of toast; sprinkle with 3 tablespoonfuls of +grated Parmesan cheese. Let bake for five minutes and serve. + + +11.--French Strawberry Pudding. + +Dip enough macaroons in wine to line the pudding-dish; cover with +sweetened strawberries. Beat the yolks of 4 eggs with sugar and flavor +with vanilla; pour over the strawberries; put in the oven to bake. +Beat the whites to a stiff froth with some pulverized sugar; put on +top of the pudding and let brown. Serve cold. + + +12.--Veal Croquettes a la Reine. + +Chop cold veal. Mix with some sweetbread and mushrooms chopped. Season +with salt, pepper and lemon-juice. Add a sprig of parsley and a little +onion chopped fine. Mix with a beaten egg and bread-crumbs; sprinkle +with nutmeg. Form into croquettes. Dip in beaten egg and fine +bread-crumbs and fry in deep hot lard. Serve hot with a cream sauce. + + +13.--German Cheese Pie. + +Line a pie-plate with a rich pie-dough. Mix 1 cup of cottage cheese +with 1 tablespoonful of butter, 1/4 cup of sugar, 2 eggs, a pinch of +salt and a few currants. Mix well. Fill the pie. Sprinkle with sugar +and cinnamon and bake until light brown. Serve hot or cold. + + +14.--Italian Veal Patés. + +Chop cooked veal with some onion, parsley, thyme and 1 clove of +garlic; season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add some chopped ham, +lemon-juice and 2 eggs. Mix with bread-crumbs and melted butter. Fill +into small pate shells; rub with butter and beaten egg. Place a paper +over the top and let bake in a moderate oven. Serve with tomato-sauce. + + +15.--Hungarian Noodle Pudding. + +Boil finely cut noodles in salted water drain and mix with the yolks +of 5 eggs, 1/2 cup of raisins, sugar, cinnamon, and grated lemon peel +to taste. Add the beaten whites. Line the pudding-dish with a rich +pie-paste. Fill with the noodles and pour over some melted butter. +Bake until brown. Serve hot with lemon sauce. + + +16.--Polish Stewed Chicken. + +Clean a fat hen and cut into pieces at the joints; season and let stew +with 2 sliced onions, 2 carrots and 1 potato, cut into dice pieces. +When nearly done, add 1 cup of sauerkraut, 2 tablespoonfuls of sorrel +and 1/2 cup of wine. Let cook until tender and serve on a platter with +cooked rice. + + +17.--Madras Curried Apples. + +Peel and core 4 sour apples and cut into rings; then sprinkle with +curry-powder and let fry until tender. Add a few thinly cut shallots. +Cover and let simmer until done. Serve on a platter with boiled rice +and pour over a curry sauce. + + +18.--Irish Batter Cakes. + +Beat the yolks of 4 eggs; add a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoonful of +melted butter, 1 small cup of milk and sifted flour enough to make a +smooth batter. Beat well. Add the whites of eggs, beaten stiff and let +fry a golden color; then spread with jam and serve hot. + + +19.--Spanish Baked Eggs. + +Poach eggs as soft as possible. Butter a baking-dish; add a layer of +bread-crumbs and grated cheese. Place the eggs on the crumbs; sprinkle +with salt, pepper, grated cheese and chopped parsley. Cover with +bread-crumbs and pour over some cream sauce. Let bake in a hot oven +until brown on top. Serve with toast. + + +20.--Scotch Stewed Onions. + +Boil 1 dozen small onions and 4 leeks in salted water until tender; +drain. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of +flour until smooth but not brown; then add 1/2 pint of rich milk; +season highly with pepper, and salt to taste. Add the onions; let boil +up and serve. + + +21.--German Baked Cabbage. + +Take a large cabbage; remove the outer leaves and the inside, leaving +a frame. Chop all the cabbage from the inside and fry in hot grease +with 1 sliced onion. Remove from the fire. Mix well with bread-crumbs +and 1/2 cup of chopped ham, 2 eggs, salt, black pepper and cayenne. +Refill the cabbage; put on the outside leaves; cover the top with +leaves. Put in a baking-pan; sprinkle with bits of butter and pour in +1/2 cup of water. Let bake until brown. Serve hot. + + +22.--Dutch Veal Stew. + +Season 3 pounds of veal with salt, pepper and lemon-juice. Put a few +slices of bacon in a stew-pan; when hot, add the veal. Cover and let +brown a few minutes; then add 2 carrots and 1 onion sliced thin, some +thyme and mace; pour over 1 cup of hot water. Cover and let cook +slowly until tender. Thicken with flour mixed with 1/2 cup of milk. +Add chopped parsley; season to taste and serve with baked potatoes. + + +23.--French Baked Apple Dumplings. + +Peel and core apples; sprinkle well with sugar. Then mix some cold +boiled rice with 1 egg, a pinch of salt, sugar and cinnamon, flour +enough to make a dough. Cover the apples with the dough; put in a +well-buttered baking-dish with 2 tablespoonfuls of butter and bake to +a delicate brown. Serve with whipped cream. + + +24.--Bavarian Fried Brains. + +Clean and boil the brains in salted water; add 1 onion sliced; let +cook ten minutes. Remove the brains and mash up well with 1 +tablespoonful of butter, some bread-crumbs and parsley chopped, salt +and pepper to taste; add 2 eggs. Mix together and fry in deep hot lard +by the tablespoonful until brown. Serve with tomato-sauce. + + +25.--Polish Bread Pudding. + +Soak 1 pint of bread in a quart of milk; add the yolks of 4 eggs, 1 +cup of sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter, 1/2 cup of raisins, +1/2 cup of currants, the juice of 1/2 lemon. Mix well and bake until +brown; then beat the whites to a stiff froth with 3 tablespoonfuls of +pulverized sugar. Spread the pudding with jelly and cover with the +beaten whites; set in the oven to brown. + + +26.--Vienna Cherry Cake. + +Make a rich biscuit dough; roll out; then put on a well-buttered +baking-tin. Stone black cherries. Sprinkle the dough with flour and +cover with the cherries. Sprinkle with sugar and let bake until done. +Then cover with a sweetened egg custard and bake until brown. +Serve cold. + + +27.--Belgian Poached Eggs. + +Cut thin round slices of bread and toast them. Spread with chopped +anchovies and chopped ham. Cover the top with whipped whites of eggs +and place a raw yoke on each slice of bread. Set in the oven to bake +long enough to heat the egg, and serve at once. + + +28.--Bavarian Apple Pie. + +Line a deep pie-dish with rich pie-paste. Let bake and fill with +chopped apples, raisins and chopped nuts, sugar and a pinch of +cinnamon and nutmeg. Then cover with cake-crumbs and let bake until +done. Beat 3 whites of eggs with pulverized sugar; flavor with lemon +and spread over the pudding. Set in the oven a few minutes to brown +on top. + + +29.--Russian Fried Sweetbreads. + +Clean and season the sweetbreads with salt and pepper and sprinkle +with lemon-juice and chopped parsley. Roll in fine bread-crumbs and +fry in hot lard. Fry some eggs and put on a platter with the +sweetbreads and serve with tomato-sauce. + + +30.--Polish Apple Dumpling. + +Peel and core the apples and fill the space with currants. Sprinkle +with sugar, cinnamon and grated lemon peel, and cover each apple with +a rich pie-paste. Lay on a well-buttered pie-dish and let bake until +done. Serve with wine sauce. + + +31.--Swiss Potato Dumpling. + +Boil 6 potatoes, then grate them. Mix with 2 tablespoonfuls of flour +and 2 tablespoonfuls of butter and 3 eggs. Make into a soft dough; +roll out and then spread with fried bread-crumbs. Make into round +dumplings and let boil twenty minutes. Serve hot with melted butter +poured over. + + + + +_AUGUST._ + + +1.--German Pot Roast. + +Take a 5-pound beef roast. Rub with salt and black pepper and paprica; +pour over some boiling vinegar; add 2 bay-leaves, a few peppercorns +and cloves. Let stand over night. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of dripping in +a saucepan; lay in the meat with 2 sliced onions. Let stew slowly with +one cup of water and 1/2 cup of the spiced vinegar until tender. +Thicken the sauce with flour and serve hot with potato pancakes. + + +2.--Scotch Soup. + +Cut a sheep's liver into pieces and stew with the sheep's head in 4 +quarts of water. Add sliced onions, sliced leeks, carrots, turnips, +parsley and thyme, salt, pepper and a few cloves. Let all cook until +tender; then strain. Let stand until cool. Skim off the fat; heat and +mix with flour until brown; let boil. Add a glass of white wine. Cook +all together and serve hot. + + +3.--Spanish Fried Potatoes. + +Peel some new potatoes and cook until tender. Mix some fine +bread-crumbs with grated Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley. Beat 2 +eggs with salt and pepper; dip each potato in beaten egg and roll in +the bread-crumbs. Fry in deep hot lard until brown. Serve hot. + + +4.--French Frozen Milk Punch. + +Sweeten 1 quart of milk with 2 cupfuls of sugar; let come to a boil. +Remove from the fire and grate in 1/2 nutmeg. When cool, freeze until +half frozen; then stir in 3 cupfuls of whipped cream and freeze again. +Add 1/2 cup of rum and 1 cupful of French brandy. Let freeze until +hard and serve. + + +5.--Bavarian Fruit Compote. + +Cook 2 cups of water with 1 cup of wine. Add 1 cup of sugar and a +pinch of cinnamon and some strawberries, cherries and blackberries. +Let simmer in the juice until fruit is done. Put in a glass dish and +pour over the syrup. Serve cold. + + +6.--Vienna Rice Custard. + +Boil 1/2 cup of rice in 1 quart of milk; add salt to taste; boil until +very soft. Beat the yolks of 3 eggs with 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar and +stir in the rice. Flavor with rose-water and put in a well-buttered +pudding-dish. Beat the whites with pulverized sugar to a stiff froth; +spread on the custard and let bake in the oven until done. Serve cold. + + +7.--French Fried Cucumbers. + +Peel the cucumbers and cut into inch slices. Sprinkle with salt and +pepper and dip in beaten eggs and fine bread-crumbs. Season with salt +and pepper and fry in hot lard until brown. Serve with tomato-sauce +and veal chops. + + +8.--German Cherry Soup. + +Boil 1 quart of cherries until soft; sweeten to taste. Add some grated +lemon peel, some cinnamon, 1 bottle of red wine and 2 bottles of +water. Serve ice-cold with macaroons. + + +9.--Swiss Pancakes. + +Peel and grate 4 raw potatoes; mix with 1 ounce of butter, 1 ounce of +bread-crumbs, 1/4 pint of milk, 1 large tablespoonful of Swiss cheese, +the yolks of three eggs and the whites beaten stiff. Season with salt +and pepper and mix with 1 tablespoonful of flour to a smooth batter; +then fry in hot lard until brown. Serve hot. + + +10.--English Tarts. + +Make a rich puff paste; roll out thin and cut into squares; then fill +with fruit jam; turn over and pinch in the edges. Drop in a kettle of +deep hot lard and fry until a delicate brown. Sprinkle with pulverized +sugar and serve hot. + + +11.--Norwegian Rice. + +Cook rice until tender; then reheat in a well-seasoned chicken stock. +Put on a platter; sprinkle with chopped chicken liver, scrambled eggs +and grated cheese and serve at once. + + +12.--Spanish Broiled Kidney. + +Take a fresh kidney; clean and cut into thin slices; run a skewer +through them to hold them together. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and +brush with butter; put on a broiler and cook for five minutes. Then +place on a platter; pour over some lemon-juice and hot butter; +sprinkle with parsley and serve at once. + + +13.--Egyptian Stuffed Peppers. + +Cut off the tops and remove the seeds from large sweet peppers. Stuff +with chopped raw beef highly seasoned, and mix with chopped onion, +parsley, tomato, a beaten egg and 2 tablespoonfuls of chutney. Put the +stuffed peppers in a baking-pan with a little hot water; sprinkle with +bits of butter and let bake three-quarters of an hour. Serve. Garnish +with cucumber salad. + + +14.--English Tea Cakes. + +Beat 1/4 pound of butter with 1/4 pound of sugar to a cream. Add 1 egg +and 1 teaspoonful each of cinnamon and mace. Mix with 6 ounces of +sifted flour, a pinch of salt and milk enough to make a stiff dough; +then roll out very thin. Cut into round cakes and bake in a quick oven +until done. + + +15.--Bavarian Cheese Cake. + +Make a rich biscuit dough; roll out and place on a well-buttered +pie-dish. Then mix 1/2 pound of cottage cheese with a pinch of salt, +1/4 cup of melted butter, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 lemon grated, 2 yolks +of eggs and 1/2 cup of currants; add the whites beaten stiff. Fill the +pie with the cheese. Serve hot or cold with coffee. + + +16.--Spanish Chicken. + +Cut a spring chicken into pieces at the joints; season with salt and +pepper and fry until brown. Remove the chicken; add 1 onion, 2 cloves +of garlic chopped and 1 cup of tomato-sauce. Cover and let simmer; +then add the chicken with 1 glass of sherry wine. Cook ten minutes. +Serve hot with boiled rice. + + +17.--Polish Shrimp Salad. + +Drain 1 cup of shrimps and 1 can of sardines; cut into small pieces. +Add 2 hard-boiled eggs, 1 small onion, a few capers and gherkins +chopped fine and chopped parsley. Mix with 1/4 cup of vinegar. Line +the salad bowl with the crisp lettuce leaves. Add the salad and pour +over a mayonnaise dressing and serve. + + +18.--Dutch Apple Pudding. + +Peel and chop apples; mix with 1/2 cup of nuts, raisins, the juice and +rind of 1/2 lemon and 1 tablespoonful of brandy. Then add the yolks of +4 eggs and the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Let bake in a moderate +oven until done. Serve cold. + + +19.--Bavarian Potatoes. + +Peel and cook some new potatoes with 1 sliced onion, salt and pepper, +until tender. Then brown 1 tablespoonful of flour in 2 teaspoonfuls of +butter; add 1/2 cup of water; let boil well with some chopped parsley, +salt and pepper; then add the potatoes and let simmer five minutes. +Serve hot. + + +20.--Spanish Steak Roll. + +Cut thin slices from the round steak; then chop 1 onion, 2 tomatoes, +some celery, parsley and 2 hard-boiled eggs and season with salt and +pepper. Mix with butter and fine bread-crumbs; then spread the mixture +on the steak, and roll up. Sprinkle with flour; lay closely in a pan +of hot dripping; cover and let simmer until tender. Serve hot, +garnished with olives and parsley. + + +21.--Oriental Cabbage. + +Chop a small head of cabbage, then fry 1 onion and 2 sour apples +sliced thin. Add the chopped cabbage, 1/2 cup of stock and the juice +of 1/2 lemon; sprinkle with salt and cayenne pepper; add 1/2 +teaspoonful of curry-powder. Cover and let all simmer until tender. +Serve very hot on a border of boiled rice. + + +22.--Dutch Salad. + +Soak 3 Dutch herrings in milk; then cut off the heads and tails and +cut herrings into one-half inch pieces. Add 2 apples cut fine, 2 +hard-boiled eggs sliced thin, some cooked beets cut fine, some celery +and green onions cut into very small pieces. Season and mix together. +Pour over some vinaigrette sauce, and sprinkle with chopped gherkins. + + +23.--Greek Cucumbers. + +Peel large cucumbers; cut off the ends; scoop out the seeds; sprinkle +with salt. Then mix boiled rice with some chopped green onions and +stuff the cucumbers. Lay the cucumbers in a stew-pan; pour over 1 cup +of stock and the juice of a lemon; add 1 tablespoonful of butter, and +let cook until tender. Serve hot, and pour over a well-seasoned white +sauce. Garnish with parsley. + + +24.--Russian Beef Roll. + +Chop 2 pounds of beef with 1/4 pound of suet; add 4 small onions, 2 +cloves of garlic and 3 sprigs of parsley chopped fine. Season with +salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix with some bread-crumbs and a beaten egg. +Shape into a roll and lay in a baking-dish; moisten with broth and let +bake until done. Serve on a platter with a border of mashed potatoes +and garnish with fried parsley. + + +25.--Jewish Veal Stew. + +Cook 3 pounds of veal; when nearly done, add 2 cup of vinegar, 1/2 cup +of raisins, a pinch of cloves and cinnamon and a tablespoonful of +horseradish. Thicken the sauce with buttered bread-crumbs; season with +salt and pepper to taste. Serve with boiled rice. + + +26.--French Pop-overs. + +Beat the yolks of 3 eggs until very light; add 1 pint of milk. Sift 1 +pint of flour with 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; add 1/2 +teaspoonful of salt and the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff +froth. Flavor with rose-water. Mix well together and pour into hot +well-buttered cake-tins. Bake in a quick oven until a light brown. +Serve hot with French coffee. + + +27.--German Egg Toast. + +Cut slices of stale bread; beat 3 eggs with a pinch of salt and 1/4 +cup of milk. Dip the slices of bread in the beaten eggs and fry until +brown on both sides. Cover with pulverized sugar; sprinkle with +cinnamon and some finely chopped nuts. Serve hot. + + +28.--Irish Potato Puffs. + +Peel and boil potatoes well seasoned; then mash thoroughly with a lump +of butter. Add some milk and 2 eggs; beat well until very light. Then +fry in deep hot lard by the tablespoonful until a light brown. Serve +hot with broiled steak. + + +29.--Belgian Eggs. + +Take 4 eggs, 2 cups of milk, 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 teaspoonful +of flour. Beat whites separate; add flour to the yolks and sugar; beat +until stiff. Beat the whites and scald in milk; strain from the milk, +and set aside. Take the yolk, and stir gently in the milk until thick. +Remove from the fire. Place in a dish to cool. Flavor with vanilla and +then put the whites on top and serve. + + +30.--Irish Cucumber Salad. + +Peel the cucumbers and slice thin; add 1 onion sliced. Sprinkle well +with salt; let stand half an hour on ice; press out all the water; +sprinkle with white pepper and chopped parsley. Add vinegar mixed with +sugar, to taste, and salad oil. Serve at once. + + +31.--German Iced Beer Soup. + +Take one quart of fresh beer. Sweeten to taste and flavor with a pinch +of cinnamon and nutmeg. Slice a lemon very thin and put in the beer. +Let get very cold on ice and serve with sponge-cake. + + + + +_SEPTEMBER._ + + +1.--Dutch Biscuits. + +Make a soft biscuit dough; then put on a well-floured baking-board and +roll out one-half inch thick. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and grated +lemon peel and pour over some melted butter. Then roll up the dough +and cut into inch thick slices; lay in a well-buttered baking-pan and +let bake in a hot oven until done. + + +2.--Hindoo Oyster Fritters. + +Boil large oysters in their liquor; season with salt, pepper and +curry-powder. Let come to a boil; then drain, and spread the oysters +with highly seasoned minced chicken. Dip them in a seasoned egg batter +and fry in deep hot lard to a golden brown. Serve hot, garnished with +fried parsley and lemon slices. + + +3.--Jewish Chrimsel. + +Soak 1/2 loaf of bread in milk; add 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of +raisins, 1/2 cup of pounded nuts, the grated peel of a lemon and a +pinch of cinnamon. Then mix with the yolks of 4 eggs and the whites +beaten stiff and fry by the tablespoonful in hot fat until brown. +Serve hot with wine sauce. + + +4.--Spanish Relish. + +Stone some large olives and fill the space with anchovy paste, mixed +with well-seasoned tomato-sauce. Then fry thin slices of bread and +spread with some of the paste. Place a filled olive in the centre; +sprinkle with chopped hard-boiled eggs and garnish with fillets of +anchovies and sprigs of parsley. + + +5.--French Orange Compote. + +Make a syrup of sugar and water; add a little lemon-juice. Peel and +remove seeds of oranges; cut into quarters and lay them in the boiling +syrup; let cook ten minutes. Remove the oranges to a glass dish; pour +over the syrup and garnish with candied cherries. + + +6.--Spanish Baked Chicken. + +Clean and season a chicken with salt and pepper and let boil until +tender. Put the chicken in a baking-dish; pour over some tomato-sauce +highly seasoned; sprinkle with well-buttered bread-crumbs and let bake +until brown. Place on a large platter with a border of boiled rice and +pour over the sauce. Serve hot. + + +7.--Swiss Beet Salad. + +Boil red beets until tender; skin and cut into thin slices. Sprinkle +with salt, whole pepper, whole cloves, 2 bay-leaves and mix with wine +vinegar. Let stand. Serve the next day. + + +8.--Bombay Chicken Croquettes. + +Boil a fat hen well seasoned with salt, pepper, 1 sliced onion, 2 +green peppers and 2 cloves of garlic. Remove the chicken and chop fine +and mix with chopped parsley, the grated rind of 1/2 lemon, 1/2 +teaspoonful of paprica and a pinch of nutmeg. Add a little chopped +tarragon and chervil and 2 beaten eggs. Mix with the sauce and form +into croquettes. Then dip into beaten eggs and fine bread-crumbs, and +fry in deep hot lard a golden brown. Serve hot. Garnish with fried +parsley and serve tomato-sauce in a separate dish, flavored with +chopped mango chutney. + + +9.--Swiss Veal Pie. + +Cut cooked veal into small pieces; season and moisten with a rich beef +gravy. Pour into a deep pie-dish. Then make a cover with mashed +potatoes moistened with cream; sprinkle with bits of butter and let +bake until brown. Serve hot. + + +10.--Spanish Rice. + +Fry 1 large chopped onion with 2 cups of tomatoes; add 1 cup of stock, +salt and pepper to taste. Cover and let simmer ten minutes; then add 2 +cups of boiled rice. Mix well together with 1 tablespoonful of butter. +Let get very hot and serve. + + +11.--Polish Chicken Soup. + +Cook a large fat chicken in 3 quarts of water; add 1 onion, 2 carrots +and 2 stalks of celery cut into small pieces and 1 cup of pearl +barley. Let all cook until tender. Remove the chicken; season the soup +to taste with salt and pepper; add some chopped parsley and serve hot +with the chicken. + + +12.--Norwegian Soup. + +Boil a large fish in 2 quarts of water; season with salt and paprica. +Add 1 sliced onion, 2 leeks cut fine, 2 sprigs of parsley and 1 +bay-leaf. Let cook well; then remove the fish. Add 1 tablespoonful of +butter and 1 quart of oysters. Let boil ten minutes. Add 1 cup of hot +cream; season to taste and serve very hot. + + +13.--Greek Cakes. + +Mix 1/2 pound of butter and 1 cup of sugar to a cream; add 4 +well-beaten eggs and the grated rind and juice of 1/2 lemon. Then stir +in 1/2 pound of flour and work into a smooth dough. Lay on a +well-floured baking-board and roll out thin. Cut into fancy shapes and +bake in a moderate oven until done. Cover with a white icing, flavored +with vanilla. + + +14.--Russian Sandwich. + +Spread thin slices of rye bread with butter and caviare; some slices +of white bread with butter and thin slices of ham; some slices of +pumpernickel bread with butter and a layer of cottage cheese; and some +slices of brown bread with butter and cold cooked chicken sliced thin. +Put all into a press under a heavy weight for one hour; then cut into +perpendicular slices and serve. + + +15.--Spanish Dessert. + +Dissolve 1/2 box of gelatin. Then cook 1 pint of milk; add 6 +tablespoonfuls of sugar and stir in the yolks of 3 eggs. Mix all +together with the gelatin and the whites of eggs beaten to a stiff +froth; add 1 teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a mold and place on +ice. Serve with whipped cream. + + +16.--German Bread Tarte. + +Take 1 cup of rye bread-crumbs and mix with the beaten yolks of 4 +eggs, 1/2 cup of sugar, some pounded almonds, a pinch of cinnamon, +nutmeg and a piece of chocolate grated. Add 1 teaspoonful of +lemon-juice, 1 tablespoonful of brandy and 1 of wine. Beat the whites +to a stiff froth; add to the mixture. Put in a well-buttered +pudding-dish and bake until brown. Serve with wine sauce. + + +17.--Russian Stewed Fish. + +Cut a white fish into pieces and salt well; let stand. Then cut 1 +onion and 1 clove of garlic in thin slices; fry in 1 tablespoonful of +butter. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown. Then fill the +pan with water and let boil. Add 1 teaspoonful of celery seed, 1 +bay-leaf, a few cloves, a pinch of thyme and mace, 1/2 teaspoonful of +paprica and salt to taste. Let boil. Add the fish to the sauce; +sprinkle with black pepper and ginger and let cook until done. Remove +the fish to a platter. Beat the yolks of 2 eggs with a little water +and stir in the sauce with some chopped parsley. Let get very hot and +pour over the fish. Garnish with lemon slices and sprigs of parsley. + + +18.--German Liver Dumplings. + +Chop 1/2 pound of liver; add 1 chopped onion, some parsley, salt, +pepper and a little nutmeg. Mix with 2 beaten eggs and 1 tablespoonful +of butter. Add enough bread-crumbs to form into small balls and boil +in soup-stock and serve with the soup. + + +19.--Jewish Sour Fish. + +Season a trout and let cook with 1 sliced onion, 1 sliced lemon, 2 +tablespoonfuls of vinegar, a few cloves and a pinch of pepper. Add +cinnamon, 1/4 cup of raisins and 1 tablespoonful of butter. When done, +remove to a platter. Add some brown sugar, lemon-juice and chopped +parsley to the sauce; let boil and pour over the fish. Serve cold. +Garnish with parsley. + + +20.--Compote de Bannanes. + +Peel 1 dozen bananas and cut them in halves. Then cook 1/2 cup of +water with 1/2 pound of sugar; let boil ten minutes; then add the +juice of a lemon; let cook. Add the sliced bananas to the hot syrup +and stew slowly until done. Remove the bananas to a dish and pour over +the syrup. Serve very cold for dessert. + + +21.--English Peach Pie. + +Make a rich pie-crust and let bake until done. Peel and chop some +peaches and mix with sugar to taste. Fill the pie with the peaches; +let bake. Whip 1 cup of rich cream with pulverized sugar and flavor +with vanilla. Spread the cream high over the pie; let get cold +and serve. + + +22.--Bean Polenta (ITALIAN). + +Cook 2 cups of white dried beans with salt and pepper until very soft; +press through a colander. Fry 1 onion in 2 tablespoonfuls of butter +until brown; mix with the beans. Add 1 tablespoonful of vinegar, 1 +teaspoonful of made mustard, some lemon-juice and 2 tablespoonfuls of +molasses. Let all get very hot and serve with pork roast. + + +23.--French Almond Pudding. + +Take 1/2 pound of almonds and pound in a mortar. Mix with 6 yolks of +eggs and a cup of sugar, 1 tablespoonful of lemon-juice, 1 +tablespoonful of brandy, 3 slices of stale cake-crumbs and the whites +of the eggs beaten stiff. Put in a well-buttered pudding-dish and bake +in a slow oven until done. + + +24.--Italian Cutlets. + +Take tender veal cutlets; season highly with pepper and salt. Dip in +beaten egg and fine bread-crumbs and fry in boiling lard until a light +brown. Have ready some boiled macaroni well seasoned. Put on a platter +with the cutlets and pour over all a highly seasoned tomato-sauce. + + +25.--Jewish Gefuellte Fish. + +Take 2 pounds of trout and 2 pounds of red fish; cut in two-inch +slices. Remove the skin from one side of the slices. Chop 2 onions; +add salt, pepper and mix with fine cracker-crumbs and 1 egg to a +paste. Lay the paste on the fish and put back the skin. Boil the fish +with salt, pepper and sliced onion, 1 carrot and 2 sprigs of parsley +cut fine, a pinch of cloves and allspice. Let boil two hours. Add a +tablespoonful of rich cream. Serve cold. + + +26.--Swedish Stewed Veal. + +Season 3 pounds of veal. Lay some sliced bacon in a saucepan; let get +hot; add the veal. Cover and let brown with 2 sliced onions, 2 carrots +and an herb bouquet, 1 bay-leaf and 1 tablespoonful of butter. Add 1 +pint of water and let simmer until tender. Add chopped mushrooms and a +small glass of wine. Let all get hot and serve. + + +27.--French Apple Pie. + +Line a deep pie-dish with a rich pie-crust. Chop 4 apples very fine +and mix with sugar, cinnamon, lemon-juice and 1/2 cup of currants. +Then mix with the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten. Fill the pie and bake +until done. Beat the whites with pulverized sugar and spread on the +pie. Let get light brown on top. + + +28.--Vienna Filled Apples. + +Remove the core and scrape out the inside of the apples. Mix the +scraped apple with chopped raisins, nuts, cinnamon, sugar and grated +lemon peel. Fill the apples; place in a stew-pan. Mix 1/2 cup of wine +with 1/2 cup of water. Sweeten with 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar and pour +over the apples. Let cook slowly until the apples are tender. Remove +from the fire; put on a glass dish. Pour over the sauce and +serve cold. + + +29.--Scotch Stewed Tripe. + +Clean and boil tripe until tender; then fry 1 chopped carrot and 1 +onion until light brown. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour; add 1 cup +of stock, 1 bay-leaf, some thyme and parsley; let boil. Season with +salt, pepper and lemon-juice. Cut the tripe into narrow strips; add to +the sauce. Let simmer one-half hour and serve. + + +30.--Polish Stewed Calves' Feet. + +Boil the calves' feet in salted water until tender; then take out the +bones. Fry 1 chopped onion in butter; stir in 1 tablespoonful of +flour; add 1 cup of stock. Let boil with 1 bay-leaf, some parsley +chopped fine and 1/4 cup of vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. Then +add the feet and let simmer ten minutes. Stir in the yolks of an egg +and serve hot. + + + + +_OCTOBER._ + + +1.--Oriental Pudding. + +Heat 1 large cup of milk and stir in 3 tablespoonfuls of butter; let +boil up. Then stir in 1 small cup of flour sifted with 1 teaspoonful +of baking-powder and a pinch of salt; stir until a smooth batter. Then +remove from the fire and stir in 4 well-beaten eggs, 1/2 cup of +preserved ginger minced fine and 2 tablespoonfuls of the syrup; mix +thoroughly. Put into a well-buttered mold and let steam two hours. +Serve hot with wine sauce. + + +2.--Swedish Batter Cakes. + +Sift 1 pint of flour. Add a salt-spoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of +soda dissolved in a little milk, the yolks of 6 eggs and the whites +beaten to a stiff froth and enough milk to make a thin batter. Then +bake on a hot greased griddle until done. Serve hot. + + +3.--Chinese Chop Suey. + +Cut 2 pounds of fresh pork into thin strips and let fry ten minutes. +Add 1 large onion sliced thin and let fry; then add 1 cup of sliced +mushrooms, 2 stalks of celery cut fine, 1/4 cup of Chinese sauce and a +pinch of pepper; moisten with 1/2 cup of hot water. Cover and let +simmer until tender. Thicken the sauce with flour moistened with a +little milk and let boil. Put some well-seasoned cooked rice on a +platter, pour over the chop suey and serve very hot. + + +4.--Russian National Soup. + +Chop and fry all kinds of vegetables until tender. Make a +highly-seasoned beef broth; add the fried vegetables, 2 boiled beets +chopped fine, some chopped ham, 1/4 teaspoonful of fennel seed, 2 +sprigs of parsley chopped. Let boil well; then add 1 cup of hot cream +and serve at once. + + +5.--English Buns. + +Set a sponge over night with 1 cake of compressed yeast dissolved in a +cup of warm water, 3 cups of milk and flour enough to make a thick +batter. Then add 1/2 cup of melted butter, 1 cup of sugar, a +salt-spoonful of salt, 1/2 teaspoonful of soda, 1/2 nutmeg grated and +flour enough to make a stiff dough. Let raise five hours; then roll +out half an inch thick and cut into round cakes. Lay in a +well-buttered baking-pan. Let stand half an hour; then bake until a +light brown. Brush the top with white of egg beaten with +pulverized sugar. + + +6.--Japanese Fish. + +Clean and season a large white fish with salt and paprica and let boil +with 4 sliced shallots and 1 clove of garlic mashed fine. When nearly +done, add 1 tablespoonful of butter, 2 sprigs of parsley chopped fine, +1 tablespoonful of soy, 1 tablespoonful each of tarragon and +Worcestershire sauce. Let cook until done. Place on a platter. Garnish +with fried parsley and serve with boiled rice. + + +7.--Swiss Creamed Potatoes. + +Boil potatoes until tender and slice them thin. Heat two ounces of +butter; add a dessert-spoonful of flour. Then stir in some rich milk +until it thickens; add the potatoes, salt, pepper and chopped parsley. +Let boil up; add a little hot cream and serve at once. + + +8.--Belgian Chicken. + +Cut a cooked chicken into pieces; add some slices of cold veal. Heat 1 +cup of stock; add 1/4 teaspoonful of mustard, 1/2 teaspoonful of +paprica, a pinch of white pepper and salt to taste. Add the chicken +and 1 glass of sherry wine. Let all cook ten minutes. Add 3 +tablespoonfuls of currant jelly. Serve hot with toasted croutons. + + +9.--Swiss Biscuits. + +Beat the yolks of 2 eggs with 1/4 pound of butter; add a pinch of salt +and pepper, a teaspoonful of mustard and 5 ounces of grated Swiss +cheese. Mix well with 1/4 pound of flour or enough to make a stiff +dough; roll out and cut into round biscuits. Bake in a moderate oven +for twenty minutes, and serve. + + +10.--French Fritters. + +Boil 1 quart of water; add 1 teaspoonful of salt, 2 tablespoonfuls of +butter; then stir in enough sifted flour until thick and smooth. When +cold, stir in 5 beaten eggs, sugar and a little nutmeg to taste. Fry +in deep hot lard to a golden brown. Serve with wine sauce. + + +11.--German Waffles. + +Mix 1/4 pound of butter with 6 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Add the yolks +of 5 eggs, 1/2 cup of milk, 1/2 pound of sifted flour with 2 +teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, a pinch of salt and the grated peel of +a lemon. Mix well; add the whites beaten stiff and bake in a well +greased waffle iron. Sprinkle with pulverized sugar and serve hot. + + +12.--Dutch Rice Fritters. + +Take 1 cup of boiled rice and mix with 3 beaten eggs. Then sift 1/2 +cup of flour with 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder and a pinch of salt. +Add some sugar to taste. Beat to a light thick batter and fry a +spoonful at a time in boiling lard. Sprinkle with pulverized sugar and +serve hot with cooked fruit. + + +13.--French Lettuce Salad. + +Take the inner lettuce leaves; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix the +yolks of 2 hard-boiled eggs with 1 tablespoonful of olive-oil and stir +all together with 2 tablespoonfuls of white wine vinegar. Serve at +once with meats. + + +14.--Austrian Baked Eggs. + +Poach fresh eggs one at a time; then put in a well-buttered +baking-dish; sprinkle with salt, pepper, bits of butter and grated +cheese. Pour over the top 1/2 cup of cream sauce and cover with fine +bread-crumbs. Set in the oven to brown and serve hot with +tomato-sauce. + + +15.--Swedish Stewed Chicken. + +Cut a spring chicken in pieces at the joints; season with salt and +pepper and sauté in hot butter. Add 2 cups of cream sauce, 1/2 cup of +boiled rice, some chopped parsley and bits of butter. Let stew slowly +until the chicken is very tender. Serve hot. + + +16.--Polish Filled Fish. + +Clean the fish; cut open along the backbone. Remove all the fish from +the skin and bone from head to tail and chop fine. Fry 1 onion in +butter; add some soaked bread. Take from the fire and mix with the +chopped fish. Add 2 eggs and chopped parsley; season highly with salt +and pepper, a pinch of cloves and nutmeg. Fill the skin of the fish +with the mixture and boil with sliced onions, a few lemon slices, some +parsley and a tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper, until done. +Serve hot or cold. + + +17.--Eels a la Poulette. + +Clean and skin the eels; let boil with salt, pepper and vinegar. Then +cut into three-inch pieces. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1 +onion chopped; stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown; add 1 cup +of water, salt, pepper, 1 bay-leaf, some parsley and thyme. Let boil +well; add the eels and 1 glass of wine. Boil ten minutes longer; +thicken the sauce with the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten and seasoned +with lemon-juice. Serve with fried croutons. + + +18.--Italian Baked Fish. + +Clean and season a blue fish with salt, pepper and cloves. Lay the +fish in a baking-pan with 1 onion chopped fine and 2 tablespoonfuls of +chopped carrot and parsley. Pour over 1 glass of wine; sprinkle with +flour. Put flakes of butter over the fish and let bake until brown. +Serve with macaroni. + + +19.--Dutch Stuffed Goose. + +Clean and season a goose and stuff with oysters well seasoned with +salt, pepper, parsley, thyme and bits of butter rolled in fine +bread-crumbs. Put in a baking-dish. Pour over the oyster liquor and a +little hot water; let bake until done. Baste as often as necessary. +Serve with red currant jelly. + + +20.--Swiss Roast Turkey. + +Clean and season the turkey with salt and pepper. Then fill with 2 +cups of bread-crumbs mixed with a lump of butter, some chopped onion +and thyme, salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 cup of seeded raisins and 1/2 +cup of nuts. Mix all well with 2 beaten eggs. Put turkey in +dripping-pan and let bake a rich brown. Baste often with the dripping +until tender. Serve with dressing. + + +21.--French Turkey Soup. + +Cut off all the meat from left-over turkey bones. Put the bones in +cold water and boil with 1 small onion, 1 carrot, 2 pieces of celery +and 2 sprigs of parsley, all cut fine. Add 1 cup of tomato-sauce. Let +all cook well, seasoned with salt and pepper. Remove the bones; add +boiled rice and the turkey meat cut into dice pieces. Let boil and +serve hot with fried croutons. + + +22.--Swedish Baked Fish. + +Clean and season a trout with salt, black pepper and cayenne. Lay in a +baking-pan; dredge with flour; sprinkle with parsley and bits of +butter; add a little water and vinegar. Let bake in a hot oven. Baste +often with butter until done. Garnish with parsley and serve hot with +cream sauce. + + +23.--Jewish Stewed Sweetbreads. + +Clean and parboil the sweetbreads; then fry 1 small sliced onion in +hot fat until light brown. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour; add 1/2 +cup of water and 1/2 cup of wine vinegar; let boil up. Add 1 bay-leaf, +a few cloves, 1/4 cup of seeded raisins, a few thin slices of lemon +and chopped parsley. Season with salt and paprica to taste; add 1 +tablespoonful of brown sugar. Let boil; add the sweetbreads and simmer +until done. Serve cold. + + +24.--German Stuffed Turkey. + +Singe and clean a fat turkey. Season well with salt and pepper. Chop +the giblets; add some chopped veal and pork, 1 onion, 2 cloves of +garlic and parsley chopped, salt and pepper. Mix with 2 eggs and stuff +the turkey. Put in the dripping-pan with some hot water. Dredge with +flour; let bake until done. Baste often with the sauce. Serve the +turkey with the dressing. Garnish with boiled beets sliced thin. + + +25.--Neapolitan Salad. + +Cut cold chicken or turkey in small dice pieces; add some cold +potatoes, beets and celery, cut fine; sprinkle with chopped +hard-boiled eggs, salt and pepper. Line the salad bowl with lettuce +leaves; add the salad. Cover with a French mayonnaise dressing. +Garnish with capers and beets. + + +26.--Bavarian Stuffed Chicken. + +Clean and season a fat hen. Chop the giblets; add some truffles, a +chopped onion, parsley, bread-crumbs, a beaten egg, salt, black pepper +and paprica to taste. Then fill the chicken; heat some dripping in a +large saucepan; lay in the chicken, cover, and cook slowly with 1 cup +of hot water until tender. + + +27.--Hungarian Baked Herring. + +Bone the herring and cut into small pieces. Slice some cooked +potatoes; then butter a baking-dish; sprinkle with flour. Put a layer +of potatoes, some chopped onion and herring and bits of butter until +dish is full; sprinkle with pepper. Make the top layer of potatoes and +bits of butter. Moisten with 3 tablespoonfuls of sour cream. Bake in a +moderate oven until brown. Serve hot. + + +28.--French Stewed Quail. + +Stuff the quail. Put 1 tablespoonful of butter in a large stew-pan; +add some thin slices of bacon. Let get very hot. Lay in the birds; +sprinkle with salt and pepper; add 1 small onion and 1 carrot chopped +fine. Cover and let brown a few minutes, then add 1 cup of hot water. +Let stew slowly until tender. Thicken the sauce with flour mixed with +milk; add some chopped parsley; let boil up and serve hot. + + +29.--India Beef Curry. + +Cut 2 pounds of beefsteak into inch pieces. Sprinkle with salt, pepper +and flour and fry until brown. Add 1 onion chopped fine and 1 +tablespoonful of vinegar. Cover and let simmer with 1 tablespoonful of +curry-powder and 1/2 cup of hot water until meat is tender. Thicken +the sauce with flour and butter. Serve on a platter with a border of +cooked rice sprinkled with chopped parsley and garnished with fried +apple slices. + + +30.--Bread Pudding a la Caramel. + +Mix 1 pint of soft bread-crumbs with 1/2 cup of seeded raisins, 2 +tablespoonfuls of sugar and 2 eggs. Stir in 1 cup of milk and bake in +a well-buttered pudding-dish until brown. Then boil 1-1/2 cups of +brown sugar with 1/2 cup of milk and 4 tablespoonfuls of chocolate. +Stir until smooth and spread hot over the pudding. + + +31.--Irish Flummery. + +Take 1 pint of oatmeal; pour on enough cold water to cover; let stand +over night; strain and boil with a pinch of salt until thickened. Then +add 1 cup of cooked small fruit, a lump of butter and sugar to taste. +Let get cold and serve with cream. + + + + +_NOVEMBER._ + + +1.--Swiss Fried Sweetbreads. + +Blanch the sweetbreads and sprinkle with salt and pepper; then cut +into thin slices. Dip in beaten egg and roll in grated Swiss cheese +and fine bread-crumbs and fry in a little hot butter to a golden +brown. Serve hot, garnished with parsley. + + +2.--Japanese Chicken. + +Cut 2 spring chickens into pieces at the joints; season with salt, +ginger, pepper and curry-powder and let fry in hot olive-oil until +brown. Remove the chicken; add 1/4 cup of chopped leeks, 1/2 pint of +Japanese sauce, 1/2 cup of chrysanthemum flowers, 2 chopped red +peppers, some bamboo sprouts shaved thin and 1/2 cup of water. Cover +and let cook ten minutes. Add the chicken to the sauce with 1 cup of +cocoanut juice. Let all simmer until the chicken is tender. Serve on a +platter with a border of cooked rice and garnish with fried parsley. + + +3.--Hindu Venison. + +Cook some venison, well seasoned, until tender and slice thin. Peel +and slice 2 apples and 1 Spanish onion; season and fry until a light +brown. Add 1 cooked carrot sliced thin, some savory herbs, and 1 cup +of mutton broth; cover and let cook fifteen minutes. Then mix 1/2 +ounce of butter with 1/2 tablespoonful of curry-powder and 1 +tablespoonful of lemon-juice; add to the sauce with the sliced +venison; cover and let simmer ten minutes; then add 1 tablespoonful of +currant jelly. Let get very hot and serve, garnished with fried +croutons and sliced lemon. + + +4.--Spanish Tongue. + +Boil a beef tongue until tender; take off the outer skin. Then rub +with butter and the beaten yolk of an egg; put in a baking-dish. Add +1/2 cup of the water in which the tongue was cooked, 1/2 glass of wine +and 1/2 can of mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and let bake +until brown. Serve garnished with the mushrooms. + + +5.--English Pigeon Pie. + +Clean and season some young pigeons. Stuff each with chopped oysters +and bits of butter and let stew until tender with 1 onion, 2 sprigs of +parsley and 1 bay-leaf. Then line a deep pie-dish with a rich paste; +let bake and fill with the stuffed pigeons. Add the sauce; cover with +the paste and let bake until brown. Serve hot. + + +6.--Hungarian Stuffed Goose Neck. + +Remove the skin from the neck of a fat goose and stuff with some +soaked bread, fried with 1 small chopped onion in a tablespoonful of +goose-dripping. Add chopped parsley, salt, paprica and ginger and mix +with 1 egg. Lay in a baking-pan with a little hot water and bake until +brown. Serve hot with red cabbage cooked with wine. + + +7.--Swedish Cabbage. + +Shred a cabbage very thin; sprinkle with salt and cook in as little +water as possible until tender. Then add some milk and let boil. Add a +tablespoonful of butter mixed with flour, some mace and white pepper +to taste. Let boil up and serve hot. + + +8.--Spanish Fried Fish. + +Season and slice red fish; roll in flour and fry until brown. Then +heat 1 tablespoonful of butter; add 1 chopped onion and 1 cup of +tomatoes; let fry; add 1 tablespoonful of flour and 1 cup of water; +also some parsley, salt, pepper and 1 bay-leaf chopped fine. Let all +cook; then add the slices of fried fish. Let all get very hot and +serve with boiled rice. + + +9.--German Spiced Rabbit. + +Clean and cut the rabbit into pieces; sprinkle with salt, ginger, +black pepper and paprica and pour over some vinegar. Heat 1 +tablespoonful of dripping; add the slices of rabbit and 1 sliced +onion, 2 bay-leaves, a few peppercorns, 2 sprigs of parsley, thyme and +a little mace. Cover with hot water and let stew slowly until tender. +Thicken the sauce with butter mixed with flour. Let cook and serve hot +with apple compote. + + +10.--English Layer Cake. + +Bake 3 layers of sponge-cake; then mix some jelly with wine and spread +between the layers and over the top and sides. Cover with a rich +chocolate icing, flavored with vanilla. + + +11.--Dutch Rice Pudding. + +Mix 1 cup of rice in 2 cups of milk; add 1 tablespoonful of butter, +the yolks of 4 eggs, the juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 cup of sugar and nutmeg +to taste, 1/2 cup of chopped raisins, 1/2 cup of nuts and the whites +of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a well-buttered +pudding-dish until done. Serve cold. + + +12.--Polish Poached Eggs. + +Boil 1/2 cup of vinegar with one cup of water and break in fresh eggs +one at a time and poach them. Remove to a platter; sprinkle with salt +and pepper. Then add 1 tablespoonful of butter and 1 tablespoonful of +sugar to the sauce; let boil up and pour over the eggs. Serve on +buttered toast. + + +13.--Belgian Sweet Potato Purée. + +Boil 4 sweet potatoes until soft. Mash until smooth with 1 +tablespoonful of butter, 2 beaten eggs, 1 tablespoonful of brown +sugar, 1/4 teaspoonful of cinnamon and 1/4 cup of milk. Beat well. Put +in a buttered pudding-dish; pour over some melted butter; let bake +until brown. Serve hot with broiled steak. + + +14.--Spanish Codfish. + +Parboil 1 cup of shredded codfish; heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; +add 1 chopped onion and 2 cups of tomatoes; let fry. Add 1 +tablespoonful of flour; stir until thickened. Then add 1 cup of water, +pepper and chopped parsley; let boil well; add the codfish. Let simmer +one-half hour. Serve on buttered toast. + + +15.--Halibut a la Toulonaise. + +Slice the fish; season highly with salt, pepper, cloves, lemon-juice +and parsley. Then roll in flour and fry in hot olive-oil until brown. +Garnish with lemon slices and parsley. Serve with a lettuce salad with +French dressing. + + +16.--Jewish Stewed Goose. + +Clean and cut a fat goose into pieces; season with salt, pepper and +ginger. Put in a stew-pan with 1 sliced onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 +bay-leaf, thyme and a few peppercorns; add the juice of a lemon. Cover +with hot water and let cook until tender. Thicken with flour and serve +hot with apple-sauce. + + +17.--Polish Rice Pudding. + +Heat 1 quart of milk; add 1 cup of boiled rice, 3 ounces of seeded +raisins and 2 ounces of currants. Let cook ten minutes. Then add the +grated peel of a lemon, 1/4 of a grated nutmeg and the yolks of 6 eggs +well beaten with 1 cup of sugar. Mix thoroughly and pour into a +well-buttered pudding-dish; let bake until done. Then beat the whites +to a stiff froth with 3 tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar; flavor +with vanilla. Spread on the pudding and let brown slightly in a hot +oven. Serve with lemon sauce. + + +18.--Vienna Dumplings. + +Mix 2 eggs and 1/2 cup of water, a pinch of salt and enough flour to +make a stiff batter. Then drop by the tablespoonful into boiling +salted water until they rise to the surface. Remove to a platter and +fry some onions in hot butter. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and pour +over the dumplings. + + +19.--Bavarian Sauerkraut. + +Cook 2 pounds of fresh pork; season with salt and pepper; add 2 +bay-leaves and a few cloves. When half done, add 1 quart of sauerkraut +and let cook one hour. Add 1 cup of wine and 1 tablespoonful of brown +sugar. Let all cook until tender. Serve with potato dumplings. + + +20.--Chicken Croquettes a la Reine. + +Chop cold cooked chicken with some mushrooms, parsley and thyme and +season with salt, black pepper and cayenne. Add a tablespoonful of +butter and 2 well-beaten eggs. Then form into croquettes. Dip in +beaten egg and fine bread-crumbs and fry in deep hot lard to a golden +brown. Make a cream sauce and serve with the croquettes. Garnish +with parsley. + + +21.--Jewish Goose Greeben. + +Cut all the fat from the goose into small pieces and cook in a skillet +with 1 cup of cold water. Let cook uncovered until the water has +evaporated; then fry until brown. Sprinkle with salt and serve hot. + + +22.--French Venison Pie. + +Cut venison in very small pieces and stew, highly seasoned, until +tender. Line a deep pie-dish with a rich pie-paste and bake. Then fill +with the venison. Add a glass of port wine, a pinch of cloves and mace +to the sauce and bits of butter rolled in flour. Pour the sauce over +the venison and cover with the paste. Rub the top with a beaten egg +and let bake until done. + + +23.--Belgian Broiled Quail. + +Select fat quails. Rub with salt, pepper and butter and tie a very +thin strip of bacon around the body of each quail. Place on a broiler +over a slow fire; let broil twenty minutes until done. Remove the +bacon. Have ready buttered toast. Place the birds on the toast, pour +over some melted butter, chopped parsley and lemon-juice. Serve hot. + + +24.--Vienna Roast Beef. + +Season a rib-roast of beef with salt, pepper and ginger and rub with +vinegar. Put in the dripping-pan with 1 sliced onion, 2 cloves of +garlic, 2 carrots, 2 stalks of celery cut fine, 1 bay-leaf and a few +cloves and peppercorns. Pour over 1 cup of stock and dredge with +flour. Let bake in a quick oven; allow fifteen minutes to the pound. +Serve with potato dumplings. + + +25.--Oysters a la Toulonaise. + +Drain large oysters; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Try out a few +slices of bacon in a frying-pan; remove the bacon. Roll the oysters in +fine bread-crumbs and sauté until brown on both sides. Place on hot +buttered toast; sprinkle with lemon-juice and garnish with olives. + + +26.--Chicken a la Bechamel. + +Clean and season a fat hen. Put a few slices of chopped bacon in a +saucepan; let get hot. Add the chicken with 1 carrot, 1 onion, 2 +stalks of celery chopped fine, 1 herb bouquet, 1 bay leaf, a few +cloves and allspice and 2 blades of mace, 2 sprigs of parsley and 1 +cup of hot water. Let all stew until tender; then add some chopped +mushrooms and pour over all 1 cup of hot rich cream. + + +27.--Milanese Vegetable Soup. + +Cut bacon and ham into small pieces; put in a saucepan with 1 +tablespoonful of hot butter. Add all kinds of vegetables, cut into +very small pieces and let fry a few minutes. Then fill the pan with 1 +quart of beef stock; let all cook slowly for half an hour; add some +boiled rice and 1 cup of tomato-sauce and cook until done. Serve hot. + + +28.--Swedish Salad. + +Cut cold cooked fish into small pieces and mix with chopped +hard-boiled eggs, a few sliced olives, capers and gherkins. Sprinkle +with salt and pepper. Line the salad bowl with crisp lettuce leaves; +add the salad and cover with a mayonnaise dressing. Garnish with +aspic, cut into dice pieces and serve cold. + + +29.--Oriental Rabbit Pie. + +Clean and cut a rabbit into small pieces and let stew, well seasoned +with salt and pepper and cayenne. Add 2 chopped cloves of garlic, 1 +chopped green pepper, 1 Spanish onion sliced thin and 2 sliced +tomatoes, a pinch of cloves and allspice. Then line a pie-dish with a +puff paste; let bake and fill with the rabbit; add 2 chopped +hard-boiled eggs and sprinkle with curry-powder. Cover with the paste; +brush the top with a beaten egg and let bake until brown. Serve hot. + + +30.--Spanish Baked Fish. + +Season a pike; put in a baking-pan. Pour over two ounces of melted +butter and 1 pint of sour cream; then let bake in a hot oven for +twenty minutes. Sprinkle with bread-crumbs and grated cheese and let +brown on top. Serve hot. Garnish with parsley. + + + + +_DECEMBER._ + + +1.--English Plum Pudding. + +Soak 1 pound of stale bread in hot milk; then add 1/2 pound of sugar, +1 pound of seeded raisins, and 1 pound of currants all dredged with +flour, 1/4 pound of chopped citron, 1 pound of finely chopped beef +suet, 1 nutmeg grated, 1 tablespoonful of cinnamon, cloves and mace +mixed together, a pinch of salt, 1 glass of wine and 1 glass of fine +brandy. Mix with the yolks of 8 eggs and the whites beaten to a stiff +froth. Pour the mixture into a wet cloth dredged with flour; tie well +and let boil five hours. Serve with wine sauce. + + +2.--Swedish Rice Pudding. + +Mix 3/4 cup of rice in 1 quart of milk; add 1 cup of sugar, a pinch of +salt and 1 teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a pudding-dish. Put bits +of butter over the top and let bake in a moderate oven until done. +Serve cold. + + +3.--Portugal Soup. + +Boil 2 pounds of beef and 2 pig's feet in 4 quarts of water; season +with salt and pepper. Let boil well. Add 1 head of lettuce, 1/2 head +of cabbage, a few thin slices of pumpkin, 2 carrots and 1 clove of +garlic, all cut fine, and 1 herb bouquet. Let all cook until tender; +then add 1/2 can of peas. Remove the meat; cut into thin slices; +season, and serve with the soup. + + +4.--Chinese Salad. + +Mix 2 dozen cooked oysters with 3 truffles, and 2 cooked potatoes cut +into shreds; season with salt and pepper. Add all kinds of chopped +herbs, and moisten with white wine. Line the salad bowl with crisp +lettuce leaves; fill with the mixture; sprinkle with finely chopped +parsley. Pour over a mayonnaise dressing and garnish with +anchovy fillets. + + +5.--Egyptian Salad. + +Mix highly seasoned cold cooked rice with some grated onion, chopped +parsley and chives; add 2 dozen fine cut French sardines. Put on crisp +lettuce leaves in a salad bowl and cover with a mayonnaise dressing +Garnish with thin shreds of red beets, and serve. + + +6.--English Dumplings. + +Beat 3 yolks of eggs with 1 tablespoonful of sugar; add 1/2 cup of +finely chopped suet, 1/2 cup of currants, 1/2 teaspoonful of salt and +a little nutmeg. Sift 1 cup of flour with 1 heaping teaspoonful of +baking-powder; mix well with the beaten whites of the eggs. Make into +dumplings the size of an egg; let steam. Serve hot with lemon sauce. + + +7.--Irish Pancakes. + +Mix 1/2 pound of sifted flour with 2 beaten eggs, a pinch of salt, a +pint of milk and 1/2 ounce of melted butter. Mix well to a smooth +pancake batter and fry in hot lard to a delicate brown. Sprinkle with +powdered sugar and serve hot. + + +8.--English Cream Pudding. + +Line a well-buttered pudding-dish with a rich puff-paste and bake. +Then beat 1 cup of butter with 1/2 pound of pulverized sugar. Add the +grated rind and juice of a lemon and beat well with the yolks of 6 +eggs; add the whites beaten to a froth. Fill the pudding-dish with the +mixture and bake until done. + + +9.--Bavarian Roast Turkey. + +Clean and season a fat turkey. Stuff with 3 raw potatoes, 2 apples and +1 onion grated. Mix with a lump of butter and 1 cup of bread-crumbs; +add 1 egg. Season with sage, thyme, salt and pepper; then put in a +dripping-pan. Pour in 1 cup of water and dredge with flour. Let bake +in a hot oven until done. + + +10.--Jewish Stewed Cabbage. + +Shred a red cabbage very fine. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of drippings in a +pan; add the cabbage; cover and let stew with 2 apples, and 1 onion +chopped fine. Then brown 1 tablespoonful of flour in hot butter; add +1/2 cup of water mixed with vinegar. Season with salt, pepper and +sugar to taste. Pour the sauce over the cabbage; let simmer ten +minutes. Add 1/2 cup of red wine; let boil up and serve hot. + + +11.--Venison a la Francaise. + +Season venison steaks with salt, pepper and lemon-juice. Put in a +saucepan with 2 tablespoonfuls of hot butter. Add 1 onion, 2 +bay-leaves, 1 clove of garlic and a sprig of parsley minced fine. Let +brown; then add 1/2 can of mushrooms, some thyme chopped fine and a +glass of claret. Cover and let simmer until tender. Serve with toasted +croutons and currant jelly. + + +12.--Italian Macaroni. + + +Boil macaroni in salted water until tender. Drain. Then heat 2 +tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan; add the macaroni, 1/2 cup of +chopped boiled tongue, 1/2 cup of chopped mushrooms, 1/2 cup of grated +cheese. Cover, let get very hot. Then mix a highly seasoned +tomato-sauce with a small glass of wine; let boil up and pour over the +macaroni. Serve hot with roast veal. + + +13.--Russian Stuffed Tongue. + +Take fresh beef-tongue; make an incision with a sharp knife and fill +with chopped onions, bread-crumbs, a lump of butter, sage, thyme, salt +and pepper. Sew up and let boil until nearly done. Remove the skin. +Then stick cloves all over the tongue, and let cook until tender. Add +2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar and 1 tablespoonful of butter. Serve, +garnished with sliced beets, olives and sprigs of parsley. + + +14.--Hungarian Dumplings. + +Mix 2 eggs with 1 tablespoonful of water, a pinch of salt and enough +sifted flour to make a stiff dough. Roll out on a well-floured +baking-board as thin as possible. Cut into three-inch squares and fill +with the following mixture: 1 cup of cottage cheese; mix with 1 +tablespoonful of butter, 2 beaten eggs, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to +taste. Fill the dumplings, press the edges well together. Boil some +milk, seasoned with a pinch of salt and sugar to taste. Lay in the +dumplings and boil until done. Serve with the sauce. + + +15.--German Stewed Fish. + +Clean the fish. Cut into large slices; salt well and sprinkle with +black pepper and let stew with sliced onion, some celery and parsley. +Add a few slices of lemon; let cook fifteen minutes to the pound; then +mix 1 tablespoonful of flour with 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add to +the fish. Let cook five minutes more and serve hot or cold. + + +16.--French Stuffed Partridge. + +Clean, singe and draw young partridges. Season and stuff each bird +with chopped oysters well seasoned, and sprinkle with parsley. Put a +small piece of butter in each bird; place the birds in a baking-pan; +cover with thin slices of bacon; add a little hot water and bake in a +hot oven until done. Serve with toast. + + +17.--Russian Pickled Herring. + +Soak 1 dozen herring over night in water; then mash the milch and roes +and mix with 4 tablespoonfuls of brown sugar. Put the herring in a +large dish with 2 large onions sliced; make alternate layers of +herring, onions and sliced lemon, 8 bay-leaves, a few cloves, whole +peppers and some mustard seed. Pour over all some vinegar. Ready to +serve in five hours. Will keep for one week. Serve with +boiled potatoes. + + +18.--Hungarian Duck. + +Season and roast the duck; then cut into pieces for serving. Chop the +giblets; add to the gravy in which the duck was roasted, with 1 glass +of red wine, 1/4 teaspoonful of paprica, a pinch of cloves and the +juice of a lemon. Let boil; add the sliced duck and let simmer until +tender. Serve hot; garnish with fried croutons. + + +19.--Venison a la Parisienne. + +Cut venison into pieces. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1 onion, +1 bay-leaf, 2 sprigs of parsley, and 2 of thyme, all chopped fine. Add +the venison, salt and pepper. Let all fry a few minutes; then add 1 +cup of consommé and let simmer until tender. Add 1/2 glass of sherry +and 1/2 can of chopped mushrooms. Let all get very hot and serve with +toasted croutons. + + +20.--Jewish Boiled Fish. + +Clean and season a large fish with salt and pepper and let cook with 1 +cup of vinegar, 1 large onion, 2 sprigs of parsley and 2 of thyme, 1 +tablespoonful of butter, 1/2 cup of raisins, a few cloves, 1 lemon +sliced and 1 teaspoonful of prepared mustard. Let cook until done. +Remove the fish; add 2 large pickles chopped and 1/4 cup of sugar, and +thicken with the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten. Serve hot or cold, +garnished with parsley. + + +21.--English Stuffed Duck. + +Clean and season the duck; then chop the giblets. Add 1 onion, some +celery and parsley. Mix with 1 cup of bread-crumbs and a beaten egg. +Season this highly and fill the duck. Put in the dripping-pan with +some hot water, 1/2 glass of sherry and a lump of butter. Sprinkle +with flour; bake until done. Serve with apple-sauce. + + +22.--French Stewed Rabbits. + +Skin and clean the rabbits; cut into pieces at the joints; season +well. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of drippings in a stew-pan; add the +rabbits, 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic sliced fine, 1 bay-leaf, 2 +sprigs of parsley and thyme. Let all brown a few minutes; then add 1 +cup of hot water and cook slowly until tender. Thicken the sauce with +flour and butter; add a glass of claret; boil up and serve. + + +23.--Italian Salad. + +Cut 1 pound of cooked veal in very small pieces; add 1 herring that +has been soaked in milk, 3 cooked potatoes, 2 pickles, 3 boiled beets, +3 apples, 2 stalks of celery, 1 cooked carrot. Pour over a mayonnaise +dressing and garnish with sliced hard-boiled eggs, olives and capers. + + +24.--Hungarian Stewed Pigeons. + +Season the pigeons and stuff with chopped chicken. Let stew slowly +with chopped onions, chives, celery and parsley; add salt and paprica +to taste. Cook until tender. Serve hot with beet salad. + + +25.--Vienna Baked Goose Breast. + +Take the breast of the goose and cut the meat from the bone; chop fine +with some onion, 1 clove of garlic, parsley and a little thyme, salt, +black pepper and paprica. Mix with 2 eggs and fine bread-crumbs. Put +the chopped breast mixture back on the bone. Place in a baking-dish; +pour over some dripping; sprinkle with flour and bake until brown. +Serve with sour apple compote. + + +26.--Italian Veal and Macaroni. + +Season tender veal cutlets with salt and red pepper and sauté in hot +olive-oil; then cover and simmer until tender. Boil macaroni until +tender; drain. Add the macaroni to the veal with 1 cup of stock, and 3 +tablespoonfuls of chopped cheese. Let all simmer ten minutes. Put on a +platter and cover with bread-crumbs fried in butter. Serve hot. + + +27.--French Squirrel Fricassee. + +Cut the squirrels into pieces at the joints; sprinkle well with salt; +let lay one hour; then sprinkle with pepper and lemon-juice. Put 2 +large tablespoonfuls of dripping in a pan; when hot, lay in a squirrel +with 1 sliced onion; cover and let brown. Then add 1 cup of +tomato-sauce, some celery seed and chopped parsley and 1 cup of hot +water. Let simmer until tender. Add 1/2 glass of sherry wine. Let get +very hot and serve with French peas. + + +28.--Irish Mutton Stew. + +Season mutton chops with salt and pepper; put a tablespoonful of hot +drippings in a saucepan; add the chops, some sliced turnips, potatoes +and onions, salt and pepper. Then cover with water and cook slowly +until tender. Thicken the sauce with a little flour mixed with 1/2 cup +of milk. Season to taste and serve very hot. + + +29.--German Bread Pudding. + +Crumb a stale loaf of bread to make 2 cupfuls and soak in 1 quart of +milk. Beat the yolks of 4 eggs with 1 cup of powdered sugar; add the +bread, a small cup of raisins and the grated peel of a lemon. Mix all +well. Put in a well-buttered pudding-dish and bake until brown. Beat +the whites with a pinch of salt, sugar and a little lemon-juice spread +on the top. Let get light brown in the oven. Serve with wine sauce. + + +30.--Hungarian Spice Cakes. + +Sift 1 pound of flour; beat the yolks of 4 eggs with 1 pound of sugar; +add 1/2 ounce cinnamon, 1/2 ounce of ginger, 1/4 teaspoonful of +cloves, some grated lemon peel and a pinch of salt. Make all into a +dough and roll into small cakes about an inch in diameter. Put on +well-buttered baking-plates, sprinkled with flour, and bake in a +moderate oven until a rich brown. Serve with wine. + + +31.--French Braised Sweetbread. + +Parboil the sweetbreads; drain. Put in the baking-pan with a piece of +salt pork, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 bay-leaf and a sprig of thyme, all cut +fine. Sprinkle with pepper, dredge with flour; add 1/2 cup of stock. +Let cook in the oven until done. Serve with mushrooms. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of 365 Foreign Dishes, by Unknown + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10011 *** |
